The Hub. Work Tomorrow.

Training starts tomorrow so yesterday was a dry run for getting to the schools we'll we working at. We attempted to get to one of mine pretty successfully, but the train system is assuredly not as intuitive as the metro is.

That's no moon.

After figuring all that out we decided to dive back into Sakae and look for a British style pub called The Hub that we couldn't find two nights ago. Sunday is apparently a lazy day in this city and with fewer people, more daylight and less distractions, we eventually found The Hub pretty easily. Although before going in, what turned out to be the Nagoya Science Centre instantly drew us away from our mission. It's unmissable even from blocks away and bears an uncanny resemblance to a certain space station.

Once at The Hub we were subject to a strange reversal of things. Apparently the Japanese don't appreciate smoking outside, and relegate those desperate enough to small out of the way areas, but smoking in bars is fair game and even encouraged. This was not something I'd seen or looked back on since the Great Quebec Smoking Ban of 2006, but seeing people take this small pleasure for granted yesterday made me consider again just how naturally these two poisons compliment each other, and the social spaces they exist in.

Tomorrow we start what we came here to do. Nerves are high, but I'm eager for fulfilling work and a regular schedule is not something I've seen for some time.