So, yesterday was my first time going to a movie theater
here in Japan! I invited A-san to join
me, and we made a whole day of it!
The bigger movie theater is in Izumo’s mall YouMe Town ゆめタウン. While Matsue
also has one in Aeon mall, their showings of films don’t seem to be as wide of
a selection as in Izumo. The other
advantage is that this bigger selection also often means that the more popular
American films are offered in both dubbed Japanese, and English with Japanese
subtitles. J For our selection, we went to go see the
final Hunger Games film Mockingjay Part 2!
As it is popular enough, it merited a world wide release which means we
didn’t have to wait for it to come to Japan.
Now, ticket prices are much more expensive here, (unless you use a
coupon or go on a special event day) you are looking at spending about ¥1800
per person! But on the other hand, I
don’t think it will be a common thing for me to go to since it is an hour drive
from where I live. It will most likely
be for special occasions or a movie that I really want to go see.
When you go to buy your tickets you have to use this kiosk
that is thankfully also translated into English on most of the buttons. I did still run into one problem though…. I
accidentally bought the wrong showing! I
had though the movie was going to be at 12:25, but actually the first English
showing was at 3:20. A mistake that I am
sure I will not make again in the future!
If you ever go to buy tickets at a movie theater, be sure that you look
at the showtimes with 字幕（じまく）which means subtitled, and NOT 吹替（ふきかえ）which
means dubbed. Thankfully an attendant
was kind enough to help me change my ticket (something that might not be
possible normally, but I think he has helping out a poor foreigner), and I was
the only one that made the mistake, so A-san was able to purchase the right
ticket from the start. The change in
time also meant that we had plenty of time before to go shopping!
We found a Starbucks in the mall (something I was grateful
for in that I hadn’t had one in months!) and grabbed a coffee before we made
our way around the mall. I don’t even
think we really got to see everything, but we did get to go to a good portion
of the main places we wanted to go to. I
got a couple of nice sweaters and some warm shoes for winter. I also may want to go back later and get some
knee high sized socks for winter as well.
I also need to make it a point to check my waist and hip measurements
for when I hope to find bottoms. For the
most part I know my measurements for the top (I’m more well-endowed on the top,
which makes buying tops for me a bit difficult, but I’ve found some stores
online that sell a bigger size), but I think there should be some skirts and
such that I would be able to fit into.
It’s just a matter of finding the right size! One of the things I’m looking into getting is
a set of Uniqlo brand Heat Tech shirts.
I want to get a few that I can switch between in different colors, but
they’re supposed to be one of the best for keeping you warm. Hopefully there will be another good sale on
them soon! I want to get at least one or
two for now, but they sometimes go down to almost half off!
We also found a really cool candy store that had all kinds
of sweets for really cheap! I might go
back soon to get some more, but I managed to get a pretty good sized bag of
candy for under ¥800! My plan is to use
them as my gift to the little ones, they can each grab a couple from the
bag. I might even use some of the bags
mom gave me, or find some cute ones at Daiso or something, to make the little
goodie bags. A-san was able to check of
some things from her list as well, one of the important ones being a new bag to
use. I’m thinking of doing something similar
for my brown purse, as it is usually not big enough for weekend outings. I will continue to be on the lookout though.
So the theater! It
was the 3rd floor of the mall, which also had a giant sort of game
area with crane games, and other video game machines. The seats were nice, and the theater was very
clean, so all in all it was a nice movie experience! The movie itself was also pretty good, I’m a
fan of the books so I was able to spot the big differences right away. The only thing I was a little sad I didn’t
experience was concessions, but there is always next time!
Before we went home we decided to make our way to the food
court for dinner. LOL of course we did
get sidetracked by this cute store with stationary and other accessories, but
it was hard to resist! We made it to the
food court (which had awesome food!
McDonalds for the non-Japanese food fans, and a good selection of
Japanese dishes) right after. At first I
was dead set on getting an Omurice from one place, but after looking around
more I found myself drawn to the Okunomiyaki one instead! I got a green onion and mayo one that was
absolutely delicious! Perhaps I will
visit the Omurice place next time!
After that it was pretty late already, so we made our way back to the
car to make the hour trek back home!
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