My American vacation: Boston!
Hello everyone! Here I am in America for the month of June! It’s been a great two weeks so far, and I finally have some time to create a post! I don’t have all my photos together, but I should be able to slowly post updates over the next few weeks!
So, to start off, I’ll show you the area I’m staying. First, I flew from my hometown to Montreal, in Canada, and then I flew down to Boston.
My friend lives near the Boston area, so for this month, I’ll be staying in this area. We spent our first full day together in Boston seeing some places he recommended.
The train we took to Boston city was created in Japan, actually! It looks a bit different from the trains I know in that country, but it was nice to see a reminder of the place I lived! In my area in Canada, there are no trains, so it was an uncommon experience for me!
And when we got to Boston itself, the high buildings downtown again reminded me of Osaka and Tokyo.
We found the local Chinatown, but really it was more of an “Asia-town”, because there were many Korean and Japanese restaurants too!
We decided to eat at this restaurant, because we both lived in Japan before, and wanted some nostalgic taste!
The inside had a lot of Japanese-themed things, but it didn’t feel like a Japanese restaurant at all. It was definitely an American company trying to tell customers “Hey! Look! It’s Japan!”
We had some karaage (Japanese-style fried chicken). It was tasty, but it didn’t have a nice crunch like real karaage.
I ordered curry rice with karaage. It was tasty, and it was definitely Japanese-style curry, but it wasn’t as good as, for example, Sukiya or Coco Ichiban restaurants.
My friend ordered unagidon (eel with rice). He enjoyed it, but I never had eel when I was in Japan, so I don’t know how it compares!
After we ate, we walked around Boston some more.
I saw a few of these interesting tour boats going around Boston. They’re “Amphibious”, which means they can drive on the street and go in the water! The door goes around the city on streets and water, so I hope I get a chance to ride on one while I’m here!
Here are some statues of the famous figures from the story “The Tortoise and the Hare”. It’s a tale from Aesop, a famous Greek story-teller. It teaches the lesson that if you’re talented, but lazy, you’ll lose to people who are less-talented, but determined. Do you have a similar story in your country?
Then we checked out a pair of parks in the city. They were quite beautiful, and even though the streets in the city were a bit dirty, the parks were quite pleasant. It reminded me of hanami (cherry blossom viewing) in Japan!
And to finish this entry, let me show you some other interesting buildings I saw!
My next entry will be posted in a few days, it’ll be about our trip to New York, so stay tuned! :D
