I learned a new word: 二日酔い (futsukayoi) – hangover. I slept about 12 hours, but I still felt awful. It took me most of the day to write down the Thursday/Friday and Saturday's entries. Napped from 1-3. Felt a little better for a while, but I eventually went to the bathroom to through up. I drank a lot of water during the day plus some juice and 7up from the vending machine. Around 7:00, I finally decided to go get some food, but my stomach still hurt, so I just wanted a light meal. I wasn't feeling very adventurous due my situation, so I just went back to the same restaurant. The same waitresses were there as before as was Uchida-san. I told them I was only drinking water, and I tried to ask them what meals they served with rice. The look they gave me when I asked if I could get something without meat was amazing[0]. We finally settled on some stir-fry dish. I had to wait a while, though, because they brought the bowl out with a gas burner underneath, and I had to wait for the rice to cook. I stayed for several hours to talk and study Japanese before finally going home to shower and sleep.
[0] Everything in Japan has meat or some meat product. Fish paste, broth, small pieces of meat, it's in everything. If you're a vegetarian, you'll have a pretty hard time with the food. If you're a vegan, just resign yourself to buying everything at the supermarket (ingredients only, nothing pre-mixed) and never eating out.
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