Tawazako, Professional Basketball game

Sorry, for the lack of updates, it has officially been 1 month since I arrived in Japan...it was definitely the most eventful month of my life and I honestly think that I am not the same person I was a month ago. Its been a month, and I am trying to see if I can stay longer then I initially planned...

Yesterday, I took a day-long trip to Tawazako, a bout 1 hour away from Akita by bullet train looking for some open-air hot springs. This did not go too well (all do I did find an open air hot spring). It did not go well for the following reasons:

1. It rained
2. I forgot my camera
3. When I arrived, I discovered that the bus to where I am going won't come for another hour
4. I tried taking the Taxi, but the price would be ridiculous, it cost 800 yen (around $8) to take the bus, the cab driver told me that it would cost 6700 yen (Around $67). One the plus side I did ask him and got a response in Japanese.
5. I did not find the onsen I was looking for.

So, I definitely want to go back here, unfortunately its quite expensive. So we'll see if it'll happen.


Today I went to see a professional basketball game, the first professional event I've ever attended. The game was between the Sendai 89ers and the Phoenixes from somewhere south. (their location name was written in Kanji, so I don't know where they are from). The game was quite interesting to watch and the cheerleaders performed several dances. I did take some pictures, but none of them really turned out that great, not sure if I will post them. In the end the phoenixes crushed the 89ers with a final score of 90 to 65. At one point, Louis a Canadian that also came told me that of all the pro basketball games he attended, he was worried that he would see one team have double the score of the others which at one point looked unfortunately likely.