Hey guys, so heres whats happened recently:

I wento to a kendo class and was awarded a kendo sword for my performance by the kendo master who is a nationally acclaimed swordsmen. That was probably my favorite thing ive done here. Kendo is awesome, we should all take it up this year.

Yesterday (sunday) i went to the beach with my host family. The water here is always about 75 degrees F and its just awesome. The beaches here arent crowded at all, nothing like american beaches.

Today im not doing much, just hanging out at the host family`s house. ill ttyl, im coming back friday btw, although i dont want to go back lol.

leave comments! come on, cheapskates! lol jk

-jon

Hey guys im at my host family`s house! Its soooooo awesome! their house is huge. my host father is a japanese history teacher / head priest of a shinto temple. my host mother is an awesome cook, we have huge meals that are absolultly delicious. they have 4 daughters, 3 are in college, and 1 is in 8th grade. the 8th grader`s name is Chika and she has a pet squirrel named nanako. I went to my calligraphy class and wrote the character for strength. It came out awesome. I went to a tea ceremony class and got to drink tea i made. my host family has a nice computer so ill do my best to keep you updated.

leave comments!

btw, sounds like water country was fun, im sorry you didnt enjoy the people soup jai, i know what you mean, theres a lot of bodies in that water.

ttyl

-jon

Hey guys, im in kyoto now. Sorry i didnt post for a long time, ive been unbelievably busy. Weve been riding the trains at least 3 times a day regularly. Lets see, so far, ive made traditional japanese paper, which is made from tree husks. Visited 6 temples, including the golden pavillion and one with a 100-ft buddha. I went to the morning fish auction, and have been eating fish or other animals of the sea for all 3 meals of the day. And, as expected, the girls are AWESOME! i havent taken any pictures of any yet, except for a model who was modeling in the street. Its rude to take a picture without asking permission, and i dont want them to like hate me. And with the buttons, as holly requested, there are usually 3, the first is the cancel action button, the second is like a little spray that goes and washes your ass, and the third is called a bidet, and its for women (i dont think i need to say more, its pretty much the same thing as the spray). Its amazing how clean japan is. At one of the temples, there were these deer that like mauled one of my roomates, he survived, but hes been emotionally scarred ever since...those damn deer...I havent seen godzilla yet, or the giant robots, but im still hopeful. I went to the anime center of japan and there was TONS of hentai there. I havent found any bleach stuff yet tho. I looked at cds and no one has heard of Chaba? its weird, i asked like 5 people who worked in the store and not one new of the band. Anyway, there are other people waiting for the computer so i got to go. ill post again asap.

leave me comments btw! tell me about what u guys are up to. how was water country? TELL ME!

ok cya

-Jon

i managed to find a computer i can use. hey guys, im in japan! woot! tokyo rocks! i dont have much time to write about stuff but ill give ya the jist of it, the buildings are awesome, and WICKED CLEAN! although the toilet scares me because its one of those special ones with all the buttons. its overcast here at the moment, but the climate is just like the US. i got to go, ill post again asap.

Well, tomorrow is my last day in NH for about 4 weeks. Ill be in Cape Cod for a while driving my uncle's boat and stuff because he hurt his back. Cant wait to go fishing out on the ocean. And sunburn too, cant wait for that, boo ya.

Played tennis today with nathan and tim, then alyssa showed up and we went swimming at her house. Alyssa has a very nice house btw. And there are absolutly no bugs around her pool. I didnt see a single bug, aside from the ones that were drowning in the pool, but those were beetles.

Im gonna miss all of my friends, but id be a liar if i said i wouldnt want to stay there forever. Ill be sure to try to keep this updated throughout my travels in Japan if i can. Im not exactly sure if i will have access to a computer or not.

Well, cya in 4 weeks everyone! Sayonara boku no tomodachi-tachi da! (See you later my friends!)

Hmm. Well, this is interesting. I thought I would start up a lj account because i'm bored at work. I thought I could have some fun with it, and I mght be able to update it while i'm in Japan. I'm not quite sure about that though. I havent exactly got it the way i want it yet, but it will be rght eventually.

I'm bored, ive been doing nothing for almost 7 hours now. Meh, I cant complain though, I have the best job in the world.

I wonder if its still raining...

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