(the above) is what I went to today! It was a SPACE outing, and thus technically a class, maybe. We had tons of fun and I took tons of pictures and videos at the order of some friends.
What it was in a nutshell was a international gathering of hot air balloon enthusiasts and random people coming to watch. That said, the hill-thing where everyone was sitting was packed - hundreds, if not thousands of people - shops were everywhere, food, free food, more food, people yelling out irasshaimase! (Welcome! - A line said whenever you enter a restaurant or get anywhere near a shop of any sort), balloons, more balloons, and lots of good ol' wholesome Saga dialect.
We actually blew the pants off of a number of people with our ability to speak Japanese :)
That, and we actually got to have a conversation with the male and female MC's.
We were all gathered pretty close to the perch where they were announcing things, and when the male MC leaned out the window and looked at me I shouted out konnichiwa!
He asked me in English, "Where are you from?" to which I replied in Japanese, "I'm Canadian," to which his pants were blown clean off.
I said to him in Saga dialect, 写真ば取ってよかですか？ (May I take a picture?)
He replied back in Saga dialect, よかばい！ (Sure thing!)
Balloons :)
4 comments:
So you're already pretty goo with the dailect?
That's awesome!
So dd you get to ride in a balloon or just look at them?
It seems like SPACE goes on a lot of field trips. Sounds like fun~
Looks and sounds like fun! It's amazing to go up in one too. Did you tell your Japanese friends about Remax balloons? Steve said it was cold. How cold is cold there?
It wasn't cold.
Hey colin!!!!!!
You got to talk to the MCS? Major cool! What does the Saga dialect sound like?
Also yes, pictures!!!! I'd love to see more of your neighbourhood or the university maybe.
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