Hey everybody I'm back from my trip to Japan. We had an amazing time while we were there. This will be short cuz I dont' really feel like writing a lot right now plus no one likes to read long posts : P anyway in the mornings we worked on building a house and then in the afternoons we did either bball clinics or we played games against different Japanese teams. The clinics were interesting because we had to use an interpreter or try to use sign language to tell the kids what to do. It was fun. I must say i got pretty proficient at using guestures to comunicate. A sad reflection of our american culture came to light while we were doing these clinics. The Japanese kids listen better than the American kids do, and we didn't even speak the same language. We had some really good food while we were there. And i learned to eat w/ chop sticks. One afternoon we went cliff jumping. It was in this gorge (sp?) the first cliff we were jumping off of was probably only 20 feet high. But then we went to this bridge that was like 30 feet high and jumped off of that into the water. I must admit it was a little frightening, but it was a lot of fun. Every night we went to what is called a yonsen. It is kind of like the equivalent to a hamam. Yonsens are volcanic baths. the water is heated by really deep in the earth and these baths pull that water to the surface and it is supposed to be really good for you. I will say though it was very relaxing. I'll just say it was amazing. Well this is getting long enough. If you want more details you'll have to email me and ask your questions.