on wednesday we had a “welcome party” — a little late, but meh. well, it was also because we worked all of last weekend and this was our compensation since we don’t get paid. so it was the 5 interns, guy, kendall and then coach Yamasaki. anyway, the night started off at a Yaki Niku […]
On Monday I moved in with my new host family. I’m living with a couple who has 2 grown up sons. They’ve always wanted a daughter. And I’m it. Anyway, they are really nice. Akira (my dad) picked me up in a Canada shirt with a flag and Montreal across the bottom. Turns out […]
last night nachan and i met up for dinner with her friend ogatasan. he took us for dinner to a sushi restaurant. a real sushi restaraunt — the kind i don’t go to because they’re too expensive. needless to say, it was pretty cool. the restaraunt was the width of a hallway with just a […]
it’s a penguin parade! i’m in it! doesn’t japan rock? (more to follow – sorry, my attention span is shot from the unzen post)
saturday jess and her host mom keiko picked me up at the nice early hour of 9 AM to journey to Unzen. we drove there via Obama, where I went last sunday to the onsen. only this time, keiko decided to take roads that were dangerous but gave us fantastic views. it was pretty fun […]
yesterday we decided to go out (read: “Jenn your dad says we’re going out”). first we went to ginambo. there i played some kendama. it took awhile, but with mama-san’s coaching i caught the ball. mama-san wasn’t the only one coaching. kendall was trying to help eric have a date with a girl. quite […]
yesterday kendall was missing so we decided to go downtown to play again. i spent 2 hours in the 100 yen store and thoroughly enjoyed myself. i think that there should be a show on TLC that has you redecorate rooms only using what you can find at the 100 Yen shop. i especially got […]
on Wednesday we got an assignment. we were given money, and told to go to the Starbucks downtown and sit and observe customers and staff for an hour. we weren’t to talk to each other. well, that was fun. and first chad and i hit up a kaiten (conveyor belt) sushi place that was 100yen […]
I took a bunch of pics of Nachan’s place before I moved out. They’re all in this album if you’re curious. Here are a few of the room where we slept and the kitchen.
nagasaki has a famous lantern festival to coincide with the Lunar new year. it’s primarily in China town, but there are lanterns hanging all over the downtown shopping arcade. My favourite are the lanterns that were made by school kids in all sorts of figures and shapes. There’s even a float that runs along the […]