So the title of this means long time no see (loosely)! Because it's been a bit since I've written. I'm currently sitting (or I should say roasting) in my room that is 36 C which is.. I don't know what that is F but it's really hot. Usually I come back to my room being 32 or 33... No good. Hah but anyway! I forget what the last thing I posted about was and I don't have internet so I'll write about this weekend! We went to Nara (the next prefecture over)! It was great, took an hour train ride and were there! We ate kamo nanba, which is duck, mostly because we in a song we studied in sensei's class (Toire no Kamisama) she talks about eating that with her grandma. From the restaurant, we went and explored around a couple temples that were really pretty. It was a really long day. Most important thing about Nara: FULL OF DEER. literally they're everywhere. They come up to you and eat your stuff if you're not careful. (Jeff had his pamphlet eaten by one and Miller had his shirt bit by one that he so lovingly christened Jack) So we frolicked among the deer and got to this one temple with a HUGE buddha inside. Behind the buddha they have this pillar with a small hole carved out at the bottom that is supposedly the same size as the buddha's nostril. It is said that if you can crawl through the hole, it was lucky. So I definitely crawled through the hole. A good majority of us did, it was really hard!!!! The hole was very small. Then we left Sensei-sama and his wife Yukari-san (I think I've written this before, but when all else fails, do what yukari-san does!! That's my lsa philosophy!) and ate okonomiyaki on one of the main streets and walked back to the lake where we sat and waited for the lantern festival to start. It was absolutely beautiful. The lake was illuminated and everything was gorgeous. Then we walked back around, saw the temple all lit up and took a train home. Luckily my mom called me while Gaby and I were waiting for the bus because she was close to Kyoto Eki and so could pick us up. We didn't have to ride the bus back! Not that I have anything against the bus..
Anyway, on Sunday (yesterday) Yuki and Rei and I went to the River Kamogawa and played in the water and ate ice cream and over all just had a very pleasant afternoon! We were all exhausted afterward and they took a nap while I read Harry Potter. It made me miss sitting on the lake in Park City with my family, which is what they're doing right now (Shout out to you guys!! Miss youuu!!!!!). Then we ate thin udon noodles for dinner and went to a school Matsuri (Festival) with Gaby's family! We played little games and I was the only white person. Actually no, there was a french guy, but he lives in Kyoto and is married to a Japanese woman so he doesn't really count. I won some fireworks which we'll probably use later and Gaby's little brother got a bunch of fish. I also got three more mosquito bites which puts my total at.. seven I believe. Really fun though. I was exhausted afterward.
Then today we went to this loom/textile place and made little table decorations on the loom!!!! It was great! I admire those women who sit there and do it for hours, my back would be dying, they're amazing. So that was really fun. We leave for our "study-travel-excursion" as called by dorsey sensei-sama on Thursday morning!!!!!! going to Kyuushuuuuu and I think Hiroshima? More on that later. Two more days of class!!
OH! Last week we also watched this flower arranging presentation which was really neat. She showed us how she cut the thick stems and peeled this one green plant away to make a cat-tail looking plant, then added flowers in the water and everything, it turned out reallyy pretty. Some of us (myself not included) got to try it too, which was really amusing to watch. Japanese crafts are so cool!!
I have a presentation to give tomorrow, so I'd better go do that. More later!
Jya~
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