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YFU Japan 2013
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Stomach ache!!
Today I didn't feel good at all. I had trouble sleeping because my stomach hurt. My host parents tried to feed me to death. I woke up with the same stomach ache. I could not eat breakfast because my stomach hurt so much. So I stayed home and was planning to take a nap but decided to watch anime instead. Akari was really nice and got me a present from Disneyland. It was really cool. So I stayed home and relaxed for the day.
Monday, July 15, 2013
Trip to Mazda!!
Today I don't have to go to school because I'm visiting Mazda. This moring mama came screaming and running into my room trying to show me the newspaper. I was in ti from earlier. It was kind of cool. Then we went and bought 2 more from the store down the street. Then we just chilled until it was time to go. We went to go eat lunch at a family restaurant. I had a Japanese Mexican Quesidilla. It was pretty good. Then we wnet to the Mazd headquaters. It was good to see everyone again. We went on the Mazda bus to the museum where we saw a lot of cars and even an assembly line. We also had to put on these funny yellow suits complete with gloves, a mask, hat and glasses to paint a little license plate as a souvenir. It was fun to paint but it was super hot in the paint shop. We also practiced caulking metal plates. After we finished that, some news reporters came to interview me and Selina. The boys were left out. It will be covered in 3 newspapers including the biggest one in Hiroshima. Also it will be on TV. Then we met the CEO and President of Mazda and I took a picture with him. We also got little gifts. After Mazd, I was tired. We picked up Papa from Hiroshima Station and went home. I chilled out for the rest of the time and watched One Piece. Papa went to go pick up Akari after her trip to Disneyland which she said was fun.
Sunday, July 14, 2013
Final Shopping...Maybe!
Today I got to sleep in because of the long day yesterday. That was nice. I made a list of stuff that I still needed to buy and was trying to find a way of how to get it. Then my host mom asked where I wanted to go and I said SHOPPING. She read my mind. So we went to the mall where we looked around and I bought a lot. Then we went to look in a clothes stores where I was about to buy this purse I wanted but then my host mom stopped me and bought it for me. That was soo nice of her to do that! We then went to the supermarket where my host mom loaded me up on snacks. After shopping, we went to a conveyor belt sushi restaurant where my host parents tried to feed me to death, but I got a cheesecake key chain so it's all good. We went home after a fulfilling day, where I tried to stuff everything inside my suitcase. My host mom sewed up my bookbag that ripped on the airplane. I was about to buy a new one too. I need that bag for my snacks!!
Saturday, July 13, 2013
I'm Sorry!
I do have pictures and videos! There is a lot so I will slowly but surely get them on here. The posts that do not have pictures do have pictures with them. I haven't had the chance to upload them all. I also have about 3 videos to make. I am very busy!! Sorry for the lack of pictures and videos!!!
To Akiyoshidai!
Today I woke up at 5 AM to get ready for Akiyoshidai. We had to leave at 6. I was kind of tired. We left and took Akari to the Shinkansen with her friends. It looked like they were going to have so much fun! After we dropped Akari off, we headed off. I slept the entire time there and only woke in the middle when we stopped by 7-11 for a snack. I got Pocky and grape juice. Gotta have my grape juice! Then I went back to sleep and didn't wake up until we were there. We walked up to the entrance of the cave and it was soo cool! I have never seen a cave before! There was a waterfall coming from it too. We went inside and it was awesome...I felt like I was in Minecraft lol. It was cold inside which felt really good because it was really hot outside. We walked about 1 Kilometer until the end of the cave, then went into this tunnel which I thought was awesome because there were drawings on both sides telling history. It was called the Tunnel of 300 Million Years. It showed from the Pre-Historic age all the way until now. It was really cool. Then we took a taxi to the landscape area on top of he cave. This was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. It was just green hills and rocks that seemed to go on forever. This used to be an ancient ocean. We got some ice cream here and then went to the car. I went to sleep again, and when I woke up we arrived on an island. I didn't exactly know where we were but we walked and came to this beautiful beach with a walking trail and it was so pretty. There were rocks in the water and the water was so clear you could see the coral underneath. People were scuba diving here. There were mountains surrounding it and it was just beautiful. Then we went to go find lunch. The drive w was beautiful because of the scenery everywhere. Mountains, Oceans, Hills...I loved it. We came to this little fish market strip and there were tour buses there with older people who were touring the island. We went and ate lunch in the little fish market. I had curry rice...I love curry rice! When we were eating, the older people were finished shopping and were going back to the buses. There was one man who was walking outside and ran into the door. Mama and I bursted out laughing. After lunch, we kept driving and I tried not to go to sleep, but I eventually did and then we came to a 7-11 to get ice cream. I can't say no to more ice cream. Every time I woke up, it was right when we arrived somewhere. Then we kept driving and we arrived somewhere.I didn't really know what was happening but I went with it. When we started walking, I saw festival decorations, so I assumed we were at some sort of festival? It turned out to be the Tanabata festival. I saw a lot of people in Yukatas. There were also a lot of little shops. Apparently this is where the famous Sanzoku restaurant is. It's specialty is chicken on a stick. We continued to walk and were in the middle of a wedding. It was cool . I liked seeing people in traditional clothes. I have seen a lot of weddings since I have been here. We left and I went back to sleep until we went past Kintaikyo. We were going to eat dinner ate an Okonomiyaki restaurant that Papa always used to go to when he was younger. I had some awesome yakisoba but couldn't eat it all because I was still full from lunch. After dinner I didn't go back to sleep. It was cool seeing the city at night. It had a whole different feel to it. Then we finally made it home and I decided to go through the gifts that I had and what I still needed and to pack up everything that I am not going to use for the next week and a half. Then I decided to try on my Yukata again so that I know how to put it on when I get back to America. I kind of did it right, then it was late so I went to sleep.
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