Where I used to hang out

I hate school. I barely graduated from my high school with my attendance record that didn’t look good. Because of the school location, Kamakura and Yokohama were the places I used to hang out when I snuck out from the classes.

Enoden Line is the very old, short distance line between Fujisawa (Shonan area known for the beach) and Kamakura (historical city with many temples..) and my favorite train.
They have added more modern technology cars but the one I took was pretty classic, consisted of only three wooden floored train cars.


The Enoden runs among the residential areas, literary 1.5-2 feet away from houses.
When it reaches Shichiri gahama in Shonan area, you see the Pacific Ocean right below your nose through the train window. The beach was so quiet with low waves, one surfer was just floating in the ocean (the black thing on the left in the second photo).



Actually if we want to visit the seated giant Buddha in Kamakura, Hase station is the stop we get off the train. After about 8 minutes walk, we find the tourist spot.


Yokohama is where I heavily hang out and always one of my favorite cities in the world. I think this metropolitan harbor city has a certain charm differenciated from Tokyo, Kobe or Nagasaki. My dad used to take us out to the baseball games of Yokohama Baystars, that might be equivalent to Seattle Mariners in terms of their scores.. This is their home ground.


Minato Mirai (The Harbor of the Future) district is the most developed and where my dad and I also used to work. This is the inside the Landmark Plaza, the shopping mall so to speak.



My mom and I had a late lunch at a restaurant in its sub basement. The bright green drink is called Cream Soda, supposedly honeydew flavored soda with a vanilla scoop floating in the glass. It is the most common drink you can find throughout this country.