The onsen plan has again fallen through. If I can't go with Kyousuke in Tokyo I shall not experience one this trip. However! Tomorrow I'm going to a temple and a concert after classes. I'll also be going to a beach with some friends all day Friday way out in the country. I have a very busy week's end ahead of me. Let's see how it goes! I met Taka for the last time tonight. We went to a yatai! Yay! Here's a picture of a yatai.
I will miss him, and we had good times together. The other night Ryan and I met Miwa and her sister one last time. We went out to eat and had good times. However, Ryan and I are loud and overly-hyper Americans, so Miwa and her sister sat and marveled out how fast we could spit out our strange stories and jokes in our unique and slightly mauled Japanese. Good times were had by all I do believe. Just to give an example of mine and Ryan's sleep deprivation induced stories... I told a story about how an old lady dropped her hat on a busy road while crossing it. I, being the hero that I am, biked as fast as I could possibly bike and while holding on with one hand I leaned over, grabbed the hat, and barely beat a speeding bus heading straight for the old woman's accessory. This was only party true. Ryan shivered shortly after. I asked him if a opossum ran over his grave. He said he had never heard such a silly thing. The girls didn't understand the saying (of course) so Ryan proceeded to explain in Japanese. HOWEVER! He got his words mixed up. I didn't stop him, because it was awesome, but he mixed up the word for "grave" with the word for "firefly." Yeah, it was funny. Especially the looks on the girls faces. He was telling about how he was covered in fireflies, or he was inside of a firefly, while a strange animal was walking over the firefly that he happened to have died in. It was great. I was laughing and crying at the same time. Ok! That's all! Bye bye! I hope to update again before going to Tokyo!
- Derek
