On Saturday there was a festival in Shizuoka for the cherry blossom season. Ok Mel so its only a tree but they are beautiful. I like them best when looking at the mountains and you can see patches of colour here and there. The festival attracted a huge crowd but we got front seat, (i think coz we looked like we didnt know we werent allowed to stand where we were!!!) It was weird seeing it all surrounded by the city, but was a good experience- except for the frost bite on my toes- it was warm when we left but [View Full Entry]

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It turns out that I arrived in perfect timing for the cherry blossoms. Marissa and I drove to a park in the city and then out to Nihoindara (about 20 minutes away if you dont count the little detour we took in the other direction!!!) where the views of Fuji were great and the blossoms beauiful. We have had lots of funny encounters with people who speak limited English, we tell them we dont understand and yet they just keep on talking and yabbering and laughing. [View Full Entry]

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I am in Japan!!! A long way from Adelaide, Australia, but here I am in Shizuoka for a year teaching at an English Kindergarten while seeing and experiencing as much of this crazy, mixed up, amazing country as I can! My first few days in Japan land have been great and sucked in to all you non believers- I havent cried once!!!! Having Marissa here has really helped me settle in and the Mansion is already starting to feel like a cosy place to be. I spose im still in holiday mode coz kindy starts next week, but i am very [View Full Entry]

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