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Leaving homestay in a few back to go to camp. At camp til the 24th. In Japan til the 26th. So this might be my last post for awhile. Bye

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Turns out that sushi, at a proper sushi restaurant is really expensive. Normally they wont even have prices on the menu. That`s probably why it took Lori and I more than a week before we had it – we mainly ate at restaurants/in areas that the book recommended, and then chose those on the less […]

So I`ve gotten a few questions about the whole new Tamagotchi thing so I thought I would let you know now that I am not going to be buying one here nor at home. I want you all to know that not buying one is a deliberate decision i am making. And if you know […]

A few more things of note: On my last homestay. It is going to be so sad to say goodbye. I love this family. They are amazing. Went shopping near the train station where i got picked up. We were in a fancy department store, looking at their food stuff (the basement floor is all […]

Was back at Nose for camps 5 and 6 this week. For camp 5 we had four different groups – one Jr High and the rest were high schools. Two of the schools also had male students, which was a treat since we normally deal with all girls groups. But alas, I was deemed a […]

Before I depart back to my beloved Nose I will leave you all with one parting gift. That is Yatta! (Japanese for All right! or Hurray!) It’s the Japanese YMCA. And I do the dance every camp session for laughing Japanese children. Minus the costume. Watch it. Love it. And think of me.

The prob with the training facility was the food. Since the facility didn`t have cooking staff, we had Bento Boxes. Not just for lunch either. For every meal. And funny thing is that they all look the same. You can`t really tell the breakfasts from the lunches from the dinners. Always with a piece or […]

Upon returning from my first homestay, we started camp session number 2. This time there were 8 girls from a Jr. High School. Uh, 8 girls and 20 ACs. Needless to say camp was a little on the relaxing side. I didn`t even have campers in my cabin there were so few of them (at […]

A parent came to observe his kid at camp yesterday. He saw his kid was OK and we said “Don’t worry, your son is having lots of fun here with us!”. He replied, “Good! I am having lots of fun with my wife – maybe we will have another baby!”