I am not sure when was the last time i played tennis, but i was sure happy to meet up with Carrie and Richard and some others for a little game. I was so happy that somehow i bought a new Prince racquet at Sports Authority the other day.
Well today was a beautiful day for some tennis action. With the sun shinning and the temperature in the low 70s a group of us set out to play some tennis at Akashi. Hiking through the big park we finally arrived at our destination, the tennis courts. But low and behold, just like any other japanese function all the courts were full! There also seemed to be some sort of name board at the tennis center, and that looked pretty full. After a brief discussion with the tennis center worker, we found out that all the courts were pretty much booked for all day! We had to come at 9am to reserve a spot. Ah, just like any other court in japan that i have noticed, yah gotta sign up and pay, not quite like america where you can roll up to any court for free and wait your turn to play. Nah, but here yah gotta book it. Bummer so tennis didnt look to promising today, jeez i miss playing tennis.
But like the true ALTs we are, we decided to go ghetto style. After passing a nice patch of dirt along the way back, we decided to visit it again and yeah just hit the ball around. It worked pretty well, it was just like playing at school, because my kids play in the dirt too. Kinda like a clay court of some sort. Well it just dirt. Anyways it was fun just to hit the ball out in the sun, minus the japanese pedestrians who were walking through our imaginary dirt courts. Not quite Green Lake, but good fun was had by all and me. To top off things got in some frisbee throwing action, it must have been ages since i played, because butterfingers was in effect.
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