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Sorry it's been a little while since I put anything up. I still don't have interenet in my apartment, and it's getting to be a hastle running downtown just for internet. Been having a good time here, I was in a small town called Yashiro last week for a JET orientation. went to Kobe on saturday night. Was a little bored last night. Need to make it to aikido some more. We only have class twice a week, one of the classes being saturday night. With all my travelling, I haven't been to class in almost two weeks, I'm so disappointed in myself. Yashiro was good for me, I know a lot of poeple on my group didn't like it, but I had fun. It was good to be surrounded by people in the same situation as I am, for the most part. This guy Ami showed us where there was an international foods section, I bought a bottle of maple syrup, some popcorn, coconut milk, and cheddar cheese for about $16, which wasn't bad. Kobe was cool, I can see why the call Himeji the country now, the buildings are all really tall and city like. Himeji is more spread out, more like big sprawl than an actual city. I met some really intelligent boys from... Texas there, probably the smartest people I've met since leaving the US (note- not Republicans, though Texans).
Lets see, I think the coolest thing that happened in Yashiro was the kitchen staff. We got to Yashiro on a Monday. There's no nightlife in town, and we have a lockdown at 10, we have to be inside the compound whent the gates close. So Tuesday the kitchen put on a show for us, they were amazing. They set up a band, three guitars and a drummer and were amazing. They played Beatles, Elvis, and all these "oldies" songs. Someone even dressed up as Elvis, I heard later that Elvis was really a school principal somewhere.
But now I'm back in Himeji, I have to go find the city hall to get my alien registration so I can live here legally, and get a cell phone.
Well,
cheers!