Blogs from Mito, Ibaraki, Japan, Asia - page 2

So winter break is over. We are in our last 2.5 weeks... tear... Winter break was pretty awesome! On the 23rd, I spent the day with Akemi, we went shopping and ate lunch together. It was a lot of fun! Then Yuki and I went to the train station and she left for Uchihara to go shopping, and I went to Tokyo. I walked around Ueno by myself for a few hours (I was so proud of myself!!) and then finally met up with Eri around 11:30. On the 24th, we went to Asakusa to the temple, Ginza, where a hat, a wool knitted hat cost over 300 dollars!!, then to Odaiba where Fuji T.V. is located, and lastly, to Shinjuku. It was sooooo much fun. The morning on the 25th, I came back to Mito ... read more

So, this weekend was soooo much fun. Friday night, I went to dinner with Cho-san. Ate sushi and enjoyed good company. A lot of fun. Saturday, I went to lunch with jie jie (eina) and walked around with her for a little while. Afterwards, Mikako came to the dorm and we watched a movie and hung out for a couple hours with Hunter and Ryuta. Sunday Hunter and I went with Endo-san (the staff member who took us on the Mito history day thing, with the tea ceremonies) for coffee and then to a Japanese dance performance. OMG!! Amazing! I really have no words to discribe it. Just the feelings I got from the music and the movement was incredible! Halfway through the performances, they served us lunch, wich was Japanese rice and meat with vegetables ... read more

So we have Mon, Tues and Wed off!! Hurray. The funny thing is (yes I know the Japanese don't celebrate Thanksgiving but this holiday is some kind of day of thanks holiday) we have class when it is actually Thanksgiving. The exact opposite in America (class Mon, Tues, Wed and off Thurs and Fri). Oh well. Tomorrow is the Kashima trip. Should be interesting if not a bit boring. All my Nihon-jin friends (Japanese friends) say they find Kashima and the places we are stopping by on the way are extremely boring and are only going to save us and spend time with us. Sunday is going to be amazing!!! First, I am going to Mito Eki (station) by myself. Haven't had the courage to do that yet. I am going in the morning to meet ... read more

Sorry for the delayed update. This week has been an extremely busy one!! Um, the other week was Halloween. I dressed up like Mrs. Lovett from Sweeney Todd while my friend Ryo went as Sweeney Todd. I did both our make-up and we looked AMAZING! We walked in and all of the sudden, there were flashes going off in our faces because they wanted to get pictures of us. Then I sang while he played guitar. It was the first time I ever sung in front of people while not doing Karaoke. I was soooooooooo incredibly nervous! But it turned out awesome! Then I went to dinner with Noriko, Diana, and Marie. We had so many weird looks. But it was so much fun. Last Saturday was uneventful, however Sunday I got to do a lot ... read more

So this weekend is the school festival. Today I am stuck watching/helping with the high school speech contest and tonight I am eating dinner with Marie and her aunt, should be lots of fun. But tomorrow, I am free to do everything at the festival, which I plan on doing! My roommate, Nozomi, is doing a Sato Ceremony (Tea Ceremony). Definitely going to stop by there, and I have to get some of Suzuki's baseball club's Yakisoba. I am so excited, I can't wait!!... read more