Ohisashiburi! It’s been a long time, eh? Well, since it’s coming down to the end of the semester here, I’ve been busy with this and that, but I’ll try to give you all a bit up an update now. There were festivals at the beginning of the month, then a camping trip with my club and the culture festival at my host family’s daughters’ school. Also, in other exciting news, I have successfully applied for an extension, so I will be staying here in Japan until February 2009! One semester just wasn’t enough. Well, without further ado, let’s get on with it!
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Hirosaki 08-09
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4th of July, bunkasai, dancing, festivals, fireworks, food, hanabi, Hirosaki, host family, Japan, Korea, matsuri, nature, neputa, outdoors, tankenbu, traveling, trip, video, Yosakoi
I’ve kept busy the past couple weekends, doing one sort of party or another. Not to say that the weekday stuff isn’t great, too. It’s hard to believe, but we’re more than half-way through this semester! Starting pretty soon, I’m going to have to start worrying about finals and presentations. Well, I’ll go over some of the highlights of the past weeks.
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Hirosaki 08-09
| Aomori, food, hanabi, Hirosaki, host family, Japan, kaji-machi, karaoke, museum, nomihodai, party, tankenbu
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