Because Japan is so far from the United States, I never really thought that any of my family would come visit. Both due to travel time and expense. But my mom and a friend of hers came to visit! They`re in Japan for three weeks, but because I have to work still, I`m only going […]
A Visit from my mom (A long busy week) Read More »
My town has a huge festival at the end of every July, called Soma Nomaoi. What it`s mostly about seems to be samurai, and horses. Overall, I took almost 400 pictures, so here, I`ve only picked some to show. Saturday, I went with my neighbors to see the parade. The details on the costumes are
The last day of school before summer vacation was yesterday. In Japan, summer vacation is not the space between school years though, rather a simple break partway through the school year. (The school year started in April). As an ALT, I get three days summer vacation. I also have paid vacation days to use, but
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