Koge last weekend! Had a great time! This weekend a laid low...I really like Kobe. (fact)It was destroyed back in 1995 by an earthquake and has completely rebuilt.

Into October

Hello, hello!
Wow, I can't believe it's October already. I've been here two full months! Teaching is going well. I look forward to my elementary school visits because the kids are so lovely and they still have sparkel in their eyes. The job is still challenging since I do not receive much guidence from my teachers. This week I sat through a day long speech contest. One of my kids was robbed of a title! Maybe next year!
A couple weeks ago I traveled to Osaka. We stayed in a capsule hotel, which I recommend doing once for one night in your life just to say you've done it, but if you don't do it you are not missing a thing! I got my fill of shopping, starbucks, and international food. I'll admit I was a bit homesick so I need to go back and explore the city again. There is suppose to be an increadible aquarium there. Of course I have always had foundness for aquariums, but since coming to Japan I have found myself some what addicted to the National Geographic Channel. Thus, I am ready for Japan to show me their animals. (saw a dear last night!) I know where to find the fish, now I need to locate some monkies!
Last weekend I went to Yonago to partake in a festival. Of course we through in a bit of karoake the night before! The festival was fun, we where foriegners on parade. I am now part of many local home videos and photos.
This week my friend Somie (she is a parent of one of my students) took me to an international festival. Where I discovered Tottori-ken has an exchange connection with Vermont. It was too bizzarre. I couldn't believe I was standing in the middle of Japan with a bunch of Vermonters. Life is funny I suppose!
I'm very busy here. I am now tutoring a very cute five years old girl, I am in a play which we will perform in January, I have another girl I am tutoring (she's 25 and helping me with my Japanese), plus I am taking formal Japanese lessons. I am very happy that I am busy. My life is forever developing here. Other good news is that there is yoga in Tottori city. I just have to translate the schedule.
Enjoy the photos!

Here I am at the festival. We where treated like stars with local paparazzi and all! It was fun the shrine was a bit heavy. The coat that I am wearing (in the pic with snake and masked man) is worth about $30,000 dollars. It is the heaviest thing I've ever put on.

Performance

Capsule Hotel, Osaka.