at long last, an update!
I've uploaded pictures from my school trip to Nagasaki onto photobucket, so I can finally post some here. mypicgallery can burn in hell.
at the hotel
eating a strange japanese snack, preen.
Hois Ten Bosch, the recreation Dutch village. I have no idea why such a thing was created. it was still pretty interesting though.
all ready for Christmas, even though its not celebrated here.
Kofukuji Temple
I just noticed that there is a hand behind the pillar, and I have no idea whose it is.
Some random girls I met that wanted a picture with me (what can I say, I've just got that foreign charm)
Chinatown
And finally, a picture of Sakita aka the Griff Waterman of Japan.
and that was my trip.
today was nice because we didn't have school. I believe this was because of labor thanksgiving day. anyway, I went and saw a traditional kyogen play with my host dad at the library. although I couldn't understand the story, kyogen is a comedy, so there the characters actions were very amusing. this is the second time I've seen kyogen, the first being just last week when I went with my teacher and saw kyogen performed along noh at the noh theater in Nagoya. the costumes and dancing in noh are extremely interesting, except because I couldn't understand the story, and its not a comedy, some of it kind of dragged. this past week I also went to an onsen for a second time up in the mountains of nagano prefecture. needless to say, it was fantastic. that's all for now. | 
