Well Since my last post I have successfully arrived at my temporary city of Ehime Matsuyama. Lets just say that this city is definitely a new experience for me.
A day early or Thrown off the space time continuum
I actually barely made my train departure time (even though I was at the station an hour before I was supposed to be) 15 minutes before I was supposed to depart I decided to go to the platform, only to be rejected by the ticket machine. The attendant immediately rushed over to me with a look in her eye of "please don't have me have to speak English",(still it amazes me how surprised some people look when I speak Japanese) I soon found out that the date on my ticket was for the 6th of September which was in direct contrast to the e-mail that nova gave me which said with an hard emphasis of Be there at the main office on the 5th and proceed to your destination. So here I am with 12 minutes to get my ticket changed and get back to the platform so that I can get on to my destination. Well to cut it short I managed to get my times changed and make it to the platform with some time to spare, although the mad dash to get my drink from the drink machine and make it back to the train was cutting it close a little.
Small town mentality or theres a first for everything
So I arrive at Matsuyama Ehime Station, with the intent of finding my place of shelter for the duration of my time here for the sake of training. The only hold up was the simple fact that the map provided for me by the Nova Osaka office, was...well lets just say I was waaaaay off the mark and I reeeeallly didnt have an idea of how to reach my destination. I went to a police box which so plainly put it showed me that the station I needed to be at in order follow the directions on the map was a pretty long trek. So I decided to do the next logical thing and simply just take a taxi to the destination. Now ladies and gentlemen who read this blog I would simply like to say that I am not a big fan of labeling situations but I can find no positive manner in which place this. I simply asked the driver how much it would cost to take a taxi to the area I wanted to go, and he in turn replied 1,500 yen I figured that it was reasonable and proceeded to ask him if he could take me over there....only to be told that he didn't need a 1,500 yen fair. Now I don't know if this was a case of racism or just the fact that the cabbie thought a $15 was not worth his time, none the less I was reeeeeeelly pissed. So I turned and started walking. I was really heated to the point that I didn't want to talk or think in Japanese. Although I eventually cooled off and walked to the location that I needed to to get to the temp app. I was pretty hurt
next time
Hell March
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