Hotel Honjin Fukui

... 600 yen a piece to for showers and a place to keep our stuff out of the sand and sun. We then ran frantically down to the water, partly out of the desire to swim, party out of the desire not to melt the soles of our feet. Much the amusement of the beach's crowds (one old man missing most of his teeth), we played baseball standing waist-deep in the ocean, flailing after line drives and swinging ...

Grande partenza da Sosogi sotto il diluvio , non potevo fare meglio non c` era niente di interessante per fermarsi poi mi stava piacendo anche guidare con la pioggia pero` dopo 8 ore mi era arrivata ai maroni di detto e di fatto .Bellissimo il monastero Zen d Eihei-ji

... to ride the Thunder-bird. She had been worried that we couldn't make the train as there was only 15 minutes between my arrival and the Thunder-bird's departure but as the experience traveler I knew there would be plenty of time and I even put my bags in lockers which luckily was on the same platform as the train. Unfortunately, the train was packed with New Year travelers and we had to stand the entire way to Fukui which was fine ...

I was a Rotary Exchange Student for a year in 1985 and during that time attended Hokuriku Senior High School in Fukui, Japan. Visiting this time with the boys I found that there were still a number of teachers who were there in 1985 and who remembered me! I also met up with Aoki Ryota, a student in my class at that time who is now an English teacher in the Hokuriku Junior High School.

So as you can imagine, transitioning from the big city of lights, technology, and entertainment to a life much like my life in Conyers, Georgia was truly an adjustment. After a short orientation in Fukui-shi, I moved to my small humble city of Tsuruga. Tsuruga has everything you need, except for a population below the age of 80. Ok, I'm just kidding, but the lack of young people in this town is a stark difference than most big cities in Japan. But what Tsuruga lacked in ...

Dias raros... ahora explico por que: Viernes: Como ya he dicho en entradas anteriores, este instituto tiene innumerables clubes de deportes, bueno, pues este fin de semana tenian unos campeonatos importantes en los que participan los clubes de los institutos de japon, y como es logico, tenian que ganar... Asi que el viernes, harian una especie de ceremonia todos los clubes del insti en el ...

Estoy enel instituto, en clase, me han dejado un ordenador portatil para que haga lo que yo quiera porque no me entero de nada de lo que estan dando... pero con el fireware que tiene, no puedo meterme en nada, conseguir hacer esta entrada para el blog ha sido toda una aventura.... asi que cuando me dan el ordenador pongo cara de "oh gracias, gracias a ti no me voy a aburrir en clase de lengua japonesa" y pienso "oh ...

... Ah!! se me olvidaba !! el tercer piso, por supuesto es para maquinas de refrescos... La amiga que ha estado viniendo estos dias a mi casa (Mikako) resulta que es la hija de un monje del templo y quiere ensenarme el bonito edificio... jejeje... ya me he aprendido la pregunta clave -"kane wa doko ni arimasuka?"* --> (donde esta la campana?) y si por casualidad voy armada....

Domingo.... Nada que hacer, asi que he ido a la biblioteca del pueblo y he visto "nightmare before Christmas" en unas teles que tienen... Creo que estoy empezando a ser Kawai (con una "i") porque estoy empezando a crecer (a lo ancho) asi que tendre en cuenta* la maravillosa idea que he tenido de ir a correr por las ...

Mientras en Espana hoy, 7 de Julio, es el dia en que empiezan las fiestas de S. Fermin, (toros, alcohol, adrenalina...) en la otra parte del mundo es el dia del "Festival de las Estrellas" ("Tanabata") ,en el que no hay toros, ni alcohol, ni mucho menos adrenalina... En este dia la gente escribe su deseo en ...