We went on our second biking adventure to get to the park. I'm finally starting to feel a little more comfortable on the bicycle but still not great. Its even harder because in Japan they drive on the other side of the road meaning they also walk on the opposite side we do on sidewalks. And then the bike lanes and designated areas to ride bike go with traffic. so you are riding your bicycle on the bike lane going the same direction as other cars. Meaning I can't see the cars coming! Its terrifying not knowing when a are is coming until they are close enough to be heard and basically behind you! There were a few moments on our journey today that made me happy I had put on deodorant because I was sweating from the close call! But I didn't fall off or run into anything and made most of the sharp turns without having to walk them. Success!
The park/playfield is actually amazing though. Its right in the heart of Kodaira City.
These first few pictures are of the jungle area with slides, zip lines, and bridges. Marley is still struggling a little with all of his energy and not overpowering the little kids. You can see in the pictures that he has a hard time waiting for the other kids to finish the slide before he goes.
Here's the zip line. Marley loves this!
This is what the locals call bouncy mountain. However, its more like bouncy hills or mounds haha
The kids can run and bouncy on this!
Most of the play areas in Japan have warnings of the rules of the equipment. The writing is in both Japanese and English and are accompained by picture. The pictures however are all of chickens doing the wrong things. We now call these the chicken warnings and Marley loves looking for them whenever we get to a new playground.
From the park we ventured to our second bilingual school visit. wah-wah-wah...
Whenever you think something cant get worse just wait, it will haha I'm not sure why the bilingual or English speaking preschools in Japan are so bad but they are absolutely awful! Not sure why anyone sends their children to these places! This one was held in the family's living room, literally. There were 30 children for 2 adults, ages 3 months-3 years old in the living room! Then next door was another living room for 4-8 year olds. The husband was Australian and the Wife was Japanese. Neither of them interacted with Marley except to say hi in the beginning. She sat in the kitchen playing on her phone while he talked with Seth and Kelly. He barely answered any of their questions, and just kept to his script of things to talk about. It was the longest 45 minutes of awkwardness. Both us and the husband knew Marley wouldn't fit in well here but no one said anything. When we finally left we all got to our bikes on the street and Seth and I looked at each other and went wah-wah-wah while Kelly rolled her eyes haha The all Japanese school we visited last week and have a trial with is looking like the best option!
I snuck a picture of the cute baby standing next to me at the playground. How adorable!
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