Long Overdue

So I haven't updated in more than a month. My apologies. I've decided that rather than lengthy writing I'll just post pictures and let them tell a story for me. Don't worry, I'll add captions as well. And so, without furthur ado, the last 1-2 months, in photos:

(Takoyaki making party in Mi-Kun's Loft)

(Went to see a Kimono Fashion Show)

(Went to the wedding of my host-sister's dance teacher)

(Me and my host sister after she danced at the wedding)

(Dan's host family's bamboo forest)

(Me digging for Take-no-ko [bamboo shoots]. It's actually really really hard.)

(Success!)

(Giant ferris wheel next to the Kaiyukan Aquarium in Osaka)

(Whale shark!)

(So we went to Tokyo for golden week. Golden week is a week long vacation in Japan where everyone and their mom travels. This is me next to the famous statue of Hachiko at Shibuya station in Tokyo on our first night)

(Me, Andrew and Alan in front of the moat-like thing surrounding the imperial palace in Tokyo)

(Tokyo Tower at night)

(The RIDICULOUSLY crowded street in Harajuku)

(The famous crossing at Shibuya)

(Feeding deer during the religion class field trip to Nara)

(Todaiji, a giant Buddhist temple and the biggest all wood structure in the world. It houses...)

(This giant Buddha. It's made entirely out of bronze)

(Some amusing signs about smoking)

(During our overnight class trip to Hiroshima we got to see the A-bomb dome. We also went to the peace museum and listened to an actual survivor of the atomic bomb. It was a moving and very depressing experience)

(Himeji castle)

(Feeding monkeys in Arashiyama)

Well that's it for now folks. As usual, see you on the flip side.