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School visit
Today was our day at Kashima Junior High School. Tayla, Devon and Ethan all turned up with smiles on their faces, so that is always a good sign! kashima JHS is a small middle school with only 160 students. The school, however, is pretty big. It is three stores with a huge gymnasium, library, martial arts area and even a sumo ring! First thing we went to the school assembly and watched the ...
A Day in Matsue
... be feeling better today. After the castle and some lunch at a bakery we walked around the castle moat for a bit, then caught a bus to the hundred yen shop. Lots of fun there! We caught another bus to the hotel and prepared to move to the school and host families. The students were feeling very apprehensive about their home stay, but they will be fine! We were greeted very warmly at the school - we were like ...
Travel to the other side of the country
Today we moved to Matsue. We had to catch a train to Osaka station, then to shin- Osaka, then find the bullet train. We finally got to ride on the bullet train! Then we caught a train across the country to matsue. This train ride was 2 and a half hours so most people listened to music or slept. The scenery was really beautiful, with lots of mountains and misty rain, forests and ...
Yokota AB is not a bad place to wait for flights
... flight to Seattle, no seats available
Sunday 1100am - went to immigration and got exit stamp
1400pm - roll call for flight going to Elmerdorf AB, Alaska. There were 50 plus seats available but was wiped out to zero seats. What a Bummer!!!
Monday 0400am - roll call for Travis. Got the 14th seat out 15. Lucky ******* I ...
Matsue Castle and Cartoons
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The afternoon was spent at the Adachi Museum of Art where classical and modern works are housed. It was a hit for our Road Scholar folks as they really enjoyed seeing art from Japanese perspective. Then as a special treat we went and saw the cartoons in bronze of the monsters of GeGeGe no Kitaro in Sakaimoto. Very ...