06-03-09 Last day in Matsuyama
Posted in Trip North on 06/03/2009 08:36 am by ScottWe did so much stuff yesterday that we figured we should take one more day to actually recharge before we head out again. So today we did something new, we went to the movies!
The big movie in Japan right now is called “Rookies!”. The previews made it look like “Major League”, but set in high school. Crazy looking characters and their crazy baseball antics. We figured it might be funny, and since it was a sports movie, I could probably follow along even though it was in Japanese.
30 minutes after the movie started, we were in the lobby demanding our money back or a ticket to another movie. Rookies is possibly the worst movie Risa and I have ever seen. Terrible acting, terrible camera work, terrible writing, not funny… just horrendous. Nothing good to say about it. Risa says its the worst Japanese movie she’s ever seen.
The girl at the counter tried to explain that since we saw half the movie, we could only see half of another movie. This made no sense, so we complained some more and she called a manager. He quickly resolved the problem by letting us get another full ticket to any other movie we wanted. There weren’t a lot of choices, but we settled on Angels & Demons with Tom Hanks. Compared to Rookies, this movie was Shakespeare. On it’s own, it was quite entertaining. It doesn’t hold up to a lot of scrutiny, but its totally entertaining while you’re watching it.
The other main highlight of the day was the Hamburger we had for lunch. I’ve been craving some American food, so I was happy to get a burger. It won’t dethrone any American born burger, but it was pretty good.
Tomorrow we are going to head north. There is an island called Kashima about 10miles up the coast and 3 minutes from the shore by boat. It has a free campground and an onsen!