Little Britain
Ok, so it's just as funny as we all thought...Yes, everything is like the pictures on the website, and the funniest thing is that a lot of the school kids that are staying here have Harry Potter like cloaks so it's like we've stepped back in time and are living in England...except that they're all Japanese kids...
We both start work tomorrow. I'm working reception and Khan is working in the 'Refectory' which looks so much like the big food hall out of Harry Potter it's not funny...I think what he'll be doing there will be serving food and the likes. Me, sitting behind a big oak desk signing people in and out...We're not allowed to speak a word of Japanese to the guests so, practising our Japanese is a little hard. We've learnt a few phrases here and there but there are so many ways to say things with different levels of pliteness it's just frustrating to try to remember the all, especially with my sieve-like memory...
Everybody here so far has been great. They're very accomodating and love to have new people, i think the isolation has got to a few of them, apparently they get very excited when there's new people coming and there are so many names and faces to rememeber, some British, some Irish, some Aussies and a lot of Japanese who we can practise our Japanese with whilst guests aren't around...
Luckily both Khan and I got today off so we took the opportunity to go visit the local ski hill at which we get half price lift tickets and a shuttle bus takes us fromt he hotel to the resort and back again in the afternoon.
Fuuuuunnnn...oh god I've missed the feeling of snowboarding...the hill is a small one, not very steep but there's fun bits here and there...it's like riding a bike so by the first run we were back...I think I'm going to focus a lot more on technique now and gonna try hitting the park a bit more...just cos there's not that much terrain and i kinda wanna challenge myself to get better...Apparently, it's been a bit light on for snow this year, they were saying that around the grounds of British Hills it's usually about 1.5-2 metres deep but it's only about 80-100cms...I have no idea what it was at Grandee Hatoriko as everything was in Japanese...
Sorry no photos as we forgot the camera, and i haven't had a chance to take photos of British Hills yet either...I will soon, i promise...
Anyways, got back from snowboarding and have decided we're going to use the facilities to their fullest and went and had a swim, jacuzzi and sauna...noice...
okies and now we're going to have a beer in ye olde pub...so must go...
By the way, neither of us can receive sms's or phone calls but we do have a phone in our room. Soooo, if you wanna call us and speak to us, the number is 81-248-85-1313 and then somebody will answer most likely in Japanese, don't freak, just say "4012 please" and they'll put you thru...otherwise email us...or send us nice stuff to: Khan and Marika c-/ British Hills,
1-8 Aza Shibakusa, Ohaza Tarao, Ten-ei Mura, Iwase-Gun, Fukushima-Ken 962-0622, JAPAN
thanks to those emailing and commenting, it's really nice to know somebody is reading our rants!
We both start work tomorrow. I'm working reception and Khan is working in the 'Refectory' which looks so much like the big food hall out of Harry Potter it's not funny...I think what he'll be doing there will be serving food and the likes. Me, sitting behind a big oak desk signing people in and out...We're not allowed to speak a word of Japanese to the guests so, practising our Japanese is a little hard. We've learnt a few phrases here and there but there are so many ways to say things with different levels of pliteness it's just frustrating to try to remember the all, especially with my sieve-like memory...
Everybody here so far has been great. They're very accomodating and love to have new people, i think the isolation has got to a few of them, apparently they get very excited when there's new people coming and there are so many names and faces to rememeber, some British, some Irish, some Aussies and a lot of Japanese who we can practise our Japanese with whilst guests aren't around...
Luckily both Khan and I got today off so we took the opportunity to go visit the local ski hill at which we get half price lift tickets and a shuttle bus takes us fromt he hotel to the resort and back again in the afternoon.
Fuuuuunnnn...oh god I've missed the feeling of snowboarding...the hill is a small one, not very steep but there's fun bits here and there...it's like riding a bike so by the first run we were back...I think I'm going to focus a lot more on technique now and gonna try hitting the park a bit more...just cos there's not that much terrain and i kinda wanna challenge myself to get better...Apparently, it's been a bit light on for snow this year, they were saying that around the grounds of British Hills it's usually about 1.5-2 metres deep but it's only about 80-100cms...I have no idea what it was at Grandee Hatoriko as everything was in Japanese...
Sorry no photos as we forgot the camera, and i haven't had a chance to take photos of British Hills yet either...I will soon, i promise...
Anyways, got back from snowboarding and have decided we're going to use the facilities to their fullest and went and had a swim, jacuzzi and sauna...noice...
okies and now we're going to have a beer in ye olde pub...so must go...
By the way, neither of us can receive sms's or phone calls but we do have a phone in our room. Soooo, if you wanna call us and speak to us, the number is 81-248-85-1313 and then somebody will answer most likely in Japanese, don't freak, just say "4012 please" and they'll put you thru...otherwise email us...or send us nice stuff to: Khan and Marika c-/ British Hills,
1-8 Aza Shibakusa, Ohaza Tarao, Ten-ei Mura, Iwase-Gun, Fukushima-Ken 962-0622, JAPAN
thanks to those emailing and commenting, it's really nice to know somebody is reading our rants!
posted by mazspazz at
1:28 AM
2 Comments:
Glad to hear you've survived so far-but you dont mention your accom. or food ?
The accom is pretty good so far, we have two rooms and most of the people in the staff accom are friendly. We also get access to all the facilities of this place which include pool, spa, sauna, tennis court (covered in snow!), library, snooker room and more.
Food? Well it's been a challenge so far. There are a few other vegetarians here but the staff kitchen doesn't provide us with much (there are also rumours that they are hiding meat in some dishes as well!) so we will report back at a later date. How long can you survive on rice, soba and miso?
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