American: oh exciting okay so i am uh participant we're supposed to say which participants we are i am participant c two six p one you're c two six p two so just say that i think

Japanese: hi my participant number is c

American: two six p two

Japanese: two six p two

American: nice okay

Japanese: <overlap>

American: uh so for c two six p one it's please call stella ask her to bring these things with her from the store six spoons of fresh snow peas five thick slabs of blue cheese and maybe a snack for her brother bob we also need a small plastic snake and big toy frog for the kids she can scoop these things into three red bags and we will go meet her wednesday at the train station you go

Japanese: now me okay please call stella ask her to bring the these things with her from the store six spoons of fresh snow peas five thick slabs of blue cheese and maybe a snack for her brother bob we also need a small plastic snake and a big toy frog for the kids she can scoop these things into three red bags and we will go meet her wednesday at the train station

American: <laugh> cool

Japanese: okay

American: yeah yeah that was a good one

Japanese: <foreign>

American: yeah <foreign> um uh but funny cool so now i guess we just talk for like fifteen minutes about whatever we want um they have like basic topics but i think they just want them to be like vaguely general so it can be about food if you want <laugh>

Japanese: i think you will tend to talk about personal things you know food

American: i know

Japanese: very personal but i can try we have to have like a sign like (()) <laugh>

American: yeah definitely we can just do the like um y ymca

Japanese: because of my you know the whole entire (()) thinks my brain is or maybe because i live in island tropical island my brain will be super slow so

American: <laugh> it will be fine um

Japanese: okay

American: well i mean one of the things is they said don't do anything like super specific as locations but then one of their suggested topics is what do you like or dislike about edinburgh scotland and you visited me here it was a long ass time ago <laugh>

Japanese: okay

American: what what do miss from when you visited me here

Japanese: oh you're already recording

American: mm hmm

Japanese: okay

American: hai yes

Japanese: uh i miss there is uh the market we went to the weekend market

American: yeah yeah

Japanese: where you found you found the food that you don't see here in japan like uh rabbit

American: yeah

Japanese: you know and exploring those food in each uh stand that was cool

American: yeah

Japanese: and you of course

American: i think the game stall me of course <laugh>

Japanese: yeah the game stall is amazing uh with with all of the like

American: mm hmm

Japanese: game food and stuff maybe should i when i send you some whiskey should i send you some food as well

American: that will go bad but um

Japanese: when i'll be around

American: that cheese was good and the the the the honey was good everything was so good yeah

Japanese: yeah yeah

American: but just whiskey is fine because i <foreign> no i shouldn't say the japanese word

Japanese: no you can say that whoa it's per i think switching is fine they'll deal with it

American: okay okay

Japanese: yeah yeah nice um yeah it does it's so funny to not like um okay so yeah i don't know so you're you're going back home to miyako to the island uh soon yeah

American: mm hmm tomorrow morning

Japanese: what have you been in tokyo for

American: uh when w when

Japanese: what what yeah what just general work or

American: uh return to office started this month and i'm supposed to show up at the office once a week and so my plan is to fly to tokyo on thursday night go to office on friday spend weekend in tokyo and i have a team meeting on tuesday so i go to monday tuesday office and fly back to miyako and following thursday i do the same so two trips a month that will cover all week

Japanese: mm hmm

American: so that's what i'm doing but the flights are getting expensive

Japanese: mm hmm

American: so i don't know how how long i can do it

Japanese: yeah i was thinking that's a lot <laugh>

American: it really sucks uh so far um because they aren't many good restaurants in miyako so

Japanese: so it's a good opportunity for you

American: yeah like i made a list like i'm gonna eat here um so i find out i pick the the hotel depends on where i wanna eat

Japanese: yeah that makes sense

American: yeah last weekend i spend in roppongi

Japanese: mm hmm

American: yeah and it reminded me of you you know that (()) do you remember

Japanese: i was gonna be like because of all of the useless foreigners or <laugh>

American: no there aren't that many foreigners in roppongi anymore

Japanese: what why not oh because google moved

American: you hardly see more japanese

Japanese: yeah

American: that too and maybe the entire covid and work from home yeah surprising

Japanese: yeah 'cause it was like mori tower was like all the banks and like yeah

American: mm hmm mm hmm and maybe because i spent on the weekend so probably that's why

Japanese: mm hmm

American: yeah

Japanese: yeah um yeah no that's it's it's its' <overlap>

American: so i'm um so do that today because one i wanna stop at the pachinko before i leave for miyako and my mum is going to a trip tomorrow

Japanese: mm hmm

American: and i'm gonna meet up with my mom in tokyo station which is walking distance from here i'm i'm staying in ginza

Japanese: oh cool

American: so mm hmm

Japanese: yeah

American: yeah ginza feels kind of adult <laugh>

Japanese: it does yeah yeah

American: yeah

Japanese: definitely it's very very

American: yeah it's <overlap> adults you know the bars

Japanese: yeah

American: and restaurants yeah

Japanese: yeah i miss the cocktail bars in ginza for sure

American: hai if you come back

Japanese: yeah yeah definitely although are they letting people maybe later this year maybe they'll let people in but obviously i know i owe you a visit

American: so the the um

Japanese: right now you have to come up with a business excuse so

American: i control the other team that i work with i'm going to london next month

Japanese: mm hmm

American: i was like why and why didn't you take me with them i was a little pissed

Japanese: um i'm actually gonna be in london for september and october um yeah

American: i might go to london in september though um there's like uh do you remember silver week in oh is that november oh that's november but there's like uh two days off in a week

Japanese: yeah

American: and my friend moved to london so we were talking about visiting and this is a guy actually who um drunk my hibiki yeah

Japanese: why are you visiting him <laugh>

American: and he's in um he's in scotland right now

Japanese: yeah

American: yeah and i when i was sober i took a screenshot of our conversation because he didn't get why i'm mad so i send the screenshot to him like this is the normal people's reaction you know um so he's in scotland so i say oh say hi to phoebe actually i'm gonna be on a call with her in like an hour and you can send me whisky wink wink

Japanese: nice i'm gonna go shopping for whisky after this actually so i will pick you some there because i'm about to

American: oh nice

Japanese: yeah i have to go today because i'm about to go to the us only for like a week and a half but i still have to go today

American: mm hmm how long are you gonna be in us

Japanese: um i'm going to uh my friend's wedding dave if you remember him uh and

American: what

Japanese: yeah yeah yeah

American: dave with that dave

Japanese: yeah that dave

American: with her

Japanese: yeah yeah

American: the

Japanese: with the with

American: e e e e e e starts with e

Japanese: no

American: the girl we were skiing in whistler

Japanese: yeah yeah yeah cam yeah yeah

American: whoa

Japanese: so um yeah so they're getting married this friday saturday so i'm going and then i'm just since i'm halfway to california i'm going to see my dad afterwards for a week

American: so you're going to new york

Japanese: yeah

American: for a wedding

Japanese: yeah

American: ah then uh

Japanese: they just started up direct flights from edibrough to new york again um which were like closed for most of the pandemic but yeah

American: mm hmm wow

Japanese: yeah so i'm going to the wedding

American: congratulations

Japanese: yeah it it it's fun it will be fun

American: dave

Japanese: it will be kinda weird actually because i think like he visited me uh yeah he visited i mean like it would be really fun but it will also be kind of weird uh like uh

American: yeah yeah

Japanese: but i i in a fun yeah yeah exactly exactly exactly <laugh>

American: um so yeah um it'll be great i'll be i'm i'm really looking forward to it and i'm really looking forward to going to

Japanese: mm hmm

American: my dad's and seeing like his garden in the summer and like his his lemon tree

Japanese: mm

American: his apricot tree and like it will be nice it will be nice to be back

Japanese: nice mm hmm

American: to be back in california for a week yeah

Japanese: mm hmm

American: um so

Japanese: are you going to graduate this summer

American: uh no um i got i was originally supposed to be done at the end of the year and i got a three month extension for covid so i'll probably be done in like march

Japanese: mm hmm

American: yeah

Japanese: wow because you know we discussed maybe you won't be there for that long

American: yeah

Japanese: it wasn't one of the option we when you were choosing what to do so wow

American: yeah yeah

Japanese: you're about to make it

American: yeah

Japanese: it's a lot <laugh>

American: woo yes um but yeah but i'm uh thanks yeah i will need it i mean i still have to write my whole thesis so there you go but <laugh> but

Japanese: so you'll be busy

American: i'll be busy but it it'll be but i think it's been going pretty well um

Japanese: and

American: but yeah that's actually what i'm in london for i'm in london for like working um doing some like research down there um and i have to be down there for two

Japanese: mm hmm

American: for two months so obviously if i'm not in london and you visit london

Japanese: two months

American: yeah two months

Japanese: wow

American: if i'm not in london and you visit london you have to come to edinborough to see me uh required um

Japanese: <laugh>

American: but if i'm in london you can crash with me in london

Japanese: uh and market hunting

American: yeah yeah of course

Japanese: mm hmm that is

American: uh have you been to borough market in london

Japanese: yes you told me and i went

American: oh yeah yeah yeah yeah now i remember

Japanese: and i loved their uh what is it the bread with cheese cheese sandwich

American: like focaccia or oh just a cheese sandwich

Japanese: no no no no

American: (()) maybe

Japanese: mm no no

American: oh toasties

Japanese: the two two no no two guys cooked that at the camp on british camp

American: yeah yeah grilled cheese like grilled cheese sandwiches

Japanese: grilled cheese sandwich

American: yeah yeah <laugh>

Japanese: so good i could eat it every day i regretted i visited the market like the very late of my stay so i couldn't revisit

American: mm

Japanese: like the following day was sunday and they were closed or something and i hated myself yeah <laugh>

American: oh i miss food

Japanese: mm

American: because i've been having stuffed nose i couldn't taste much and that taste came back so i'm so everything tastes so good so i've been thinking about food all day

Japanese: i'm glad it came back when did it come back

American: yeah this last weekend

Japanese: good <laugh>

American: yeah

Japanese: <breath> <laugh>

American: i was like how long is it going to take and i tried many food nothing tastes good as good as it used to be i can taste but it's not like a hundred percent but now i had like fish very japanese uh gentle food and still tastes so good so i'm like oh the taste is back so i'm so happy

Japanese: i'm glad uh <laugh>

American: mm hmm

Japanese: yeah it sounded like i was like of of all the people like who i was like no like when you got when you sent your photo of the cocktails being like it looks so beautiful and i've no idea what it tastes like <laugh>

American: you couldn't stop you know it's gin tonic and there must be some fine taste right because it's a famous a bar called starbar in (())

Japanese: mm

American: yeah but i couldn't taste it

Japanese: oh i think i may have even been there once i've hea i've definitely heard of it

American: yeah they're i they're uh famous or popular or something they're on he he said the bartender said he their bar was on the tv show one time

Japanese: mm

American: mm so now i'm back eat drink

Japanese: <laugh>

American: look at this <laugh>

Japanese: (()) oh

American: yeah

Japanese: yeah um yeah let's see we have like one more minute according to my clock

American: okay okay i didn't even try uh but like i said because i live in island my brain is moving so slow i'm serious (())

Japanese: just 'cause you spent all your effort windsurfing

American: no because like we don't really have a difficult conversation

Japanese: mm

American: you know we talked about weather food but not like politics or anything

Japanese: mm

American: you know very uh less no stress at all

Japanese: mm

American: so i think my brain is not trying to work fast not much pressure so hm

Japanese: <laugh> i was

American: when i was talk talking with you you were like you were like kh kh kh kh kh mm where are you now and i have to read a sentence again again to comprehend

Japanese: <laugh> well that's just 'cause uh maybe if you haven't been speaking english at all lately um

American: yeah

Japanese: uh i would be much worse if we were having this conversation in japanese <laugh>

American: oh by the way from uh tomorrow the uh we will accept tou tourists

Japanese: ooh

American: but it has to be from like a group tour you know you know typical japanese they let um thing happen and see what other talks about it and no one really complains then boom

Japanese: mm

American: yeah

Japanese: (()) who was going to um start a like a bicycle like raman touring company or something so maybe i can make him he's not actually gonna do it but i'm more like i could be like can you like make uh <laugh> make an excuse or something but

American: <laugh> probably

Japanese: i'll be like yeah yeah it's totally my friend's ramen touring company <laugh>

American: small

Japanese: hm yeah i mean he's still he's still working doing his normal job but

American: right but uh some uh of my co workers started their own business during covid

Japanese: mm

American: and some are leaving our company to focus on their business

Japanese: mm

American: one guy say it's about what is it spg environmental stuff

Japanese: mm

American: yeah so so that also makes me seem like what i've been doing you know some people are starting their own job but i'm just chilling on a tropical island windsurfing drinking whiskey mm sounds like fun life

Japanese: yeah yeah i was gonna be like <laugh>

American: i was like oh maybe not that bad

Japanese: yeah yeah

American: yeah

Japanese: definitely and like just starting a like environmental company from uh from an island kind of makes sense

American: mm hmm

Japanese: someways depends on what he's doing

American: maybe i should

Japanese: <laugh>

American: yeah i have no idea but yeah the windsurfing has been fun uh i started to sail faster now it gets me it makes me so scared

Japanese: <laugh>

American: when i go (()) you know but it's fun i i feel uh improvement every day so

Japanese: i can't wait to do it with you <laugh>

American: ne have you done it

Japanese: uh once on on a

American: because it's so

Japanese: lake in scottland

American: frustrating to get better

Japanese: mm

American: you know you can't just you know get on and done it takes time because you have to move kind of opposite of what you do on land

Japanese: mm hmm

American: so yeah so you can't really enjoy the day you started

Japanese: mm hmm

American: so it sucks yeah

Japanese: i enjoyed it the day i started it but i also

American: that's good me too no you know like i want you to go

Japanese: yeah yeah yeah for sure i mean i definitely enjoy something if it's mostly me like falling over and going sploosh and getting back up again so

American: mm hmm and our water is so clear so even you fall you don't feel like icky or anything like it's actually fine and you see lots of fish so

Japanese: oh sounds so beautiful

American: (()) i'm looking forward to seeing you in miyako

Japanese: great okay i'm going to stop the recording

American: okay