this past week has got to be the best of all the weeks so far in Japan! 

we visited a local elementary school on Friday and had lunch with them, helped the kids clean up the classroom, played during recess and sat in on class.  i brought my roly-poly friend, Billy to class to show everyone and we had a blast together.  i'll have more pictures up later....just wanted to post this one so you can all see that i'm still alive and well and happy and well-fed and having fun! 

i have a lot more to say about places i've been and things i've seen and people i've met and stuff i've smelled-- but i have a paper to writteee...yesshhh...

ok, so more later! ja ne ("cya" in Japanese)