If walls had ears....

They would look weird

So… It seems like I’m in need of an update… badly.

Lets see, I guess I will start with last weekend. I had my first big outing to Tokyo, W00T. I stayed with my host mother’s sister’s family, who happen to live a few blocks from Akihabara. (I’m tying this at school and the keyboard is obnoxiously loud). Sachiko’s family also happens to consist of the worlds two cutest little boys Shinya, and Yuuji. Shinya is 5 (about to turn 6) and Yuuji is almost 2. So… lets see… I toured Tokyo by bike, all local like. First we went to Asakusa, which is this big shrine/temple that is very famous in Tokyo. I saw some traditional drumming and made a wish. Surprisingly enough, it seems like no matter where you go, you make wishes my throwing coins into some thing or other. After Asakusa we parked our bikes underground in a big storage area that is just for parking bikes, and we took tour of the Tokyo river side on a “bus”. This “bus” was actually a boat, kind of like going on a river boat at the lake and just floating around. I saw a lot of bridges. There were all very short. That reminds me of the Tokyo highway! Get this, its three stories, first story is for trains, second is for going traffic, and the third for coming traffic. Freaky awesome to drive on.

After our boatly bus tour Sachiko’s husband (who was always refered to as Jiji, so I don’t know his real name) and I split ways with Tamaki, Shinya, and Yuuji, because Yuuji was in need of a nap. So then we biked around Akihabara which was crowded and therefore very annoying to bike around. There were a lot of figurine and electronics stores, and not nearly enough goth loli’s and cosplayers. They probably know to stay away from Akihabara though… On our way home we stopped by this shop that makes very realistic fake food. It was crazy, although it was rather realistic, the fake food was EXPENSIVE!!! And the smaller it got the more expensive it was. I happened to spot a fake sweet that looked very yummy, it was a type of dango, and so we decided to actually go and buy some dango… which was delicious. So after a brief rest and snack of yummy dango, I snuck back out with Tamaki and Shinya to go to Ueno, which is the district of Tokyo with a lot of Toys and nerdy stuff. This is where I did my shoping, tehe. Although I didn’t actually buy much, and I picked up a few souvenirs. We returned once more to the Tokyo abode and rested for a bit more, then went out for dinner… Which was sushi. And they proceeded to discover what an annoyingly picky eater I am.

The next day we toured Tokyo again, but this time by train, so I couldn’t actually see anything, and it was rather pointless, but in a way it was fun. I rode four different trains and the subway. I also had the best coffee in the world, it was a “tiramisu” late. Yeah… I went to Tokyo…

I got back Sunday afternoon and proceeded to do nothing!! Monday was the second day of the sports festival here at school, meaning it was my turn to embarrass myself in front of the whole school. I participated in girls volley ball. Sports festival at Japanese schools is a big competition between all the classes and all the grades. There are tournaments of various sports and one class wins. There were six events here. Our class won girls volleyball, which was really exciting because I made an awesome almost game point serve, and apparently I looked very cool (not).

I also helped out the english debate team with a few fack matches.... they are good! I mean... they debate... in ENGLISH!!!

Did you know Japan took the big mac a step to far and made the mega mac? Which is a burger with FOUR meat patties!!! MADNESS I TELL YOU!!!!!

I’m not sure what else to write about. Those are all my recent good news happenings. I guess I will leave it at that and try to update more often.

Love you,
Miss you
Diana