Thanks to "Culture Day" and the "Waseda Festival", I was done for the week after school on Wednesday. I was gonna post each day like a four part series but forgot so now I'm just gonna sum up the last few days in one post; nothing spectacular will happen tomorrow I'm pretty sure. Before I begin I will answer the question you all probably have. Yes, there are a billion holidays and festivals here, most of which are small enough for school to continue going on.
Thursday: My host Mother and Father told me they were doing something and invited me to come so I had absolutely no idea. I figured we would all get on a train and cruise over to Miura and check the place out and eat some fish. Instead, I found that their neighborhood takes a pretty-much-annual trip, usually to Miura and so as a group of too many to count we headed off on a tour bus. First we drove through Tokyo and let me just say, traveling around by subway is great and convenient but riding on the freeway and seeing the Tokyo skyline was something else. I'm not gonna try to describe it because my words nor a photo from inside the bus with my cell-phone-camera could do it justice. After a brief bathroom break in Yokohama we headed over to Enoshima, the small island I went to on my Kamakura trip. Unbeknownst to me, the Island has way more than I thought it did and I had fun seeing a cave, some nice scenery and a whole different side of the island, including the ocean which was quite pretty despite the clouds.
After our stop at Enoshima we piled back on the bus and rode to Miura where we went to a restaurant and ate fish. Miura is famous for tuna I think, at least this restaurant was. I have a picture of three tuna heads but you can check it out on Facebook, I don't want anyone who is faint of heart to be forced to see it. Anyways I'm not a huge fish fan but this tuna was super good. The cooked stuff was my favorite but the raw tuna was the best sashimi I have ever tried.
Friday: pretty uneventful, just rested and did homework/studied.
Saturday: Today I went to the Waseda Festival. Pretty much the whole campus was packed, barely any room to walk. All day various clubs put on performances, dancing, singing, comedy etc. Food booths lined the streets selling all sorts of stuff. It was pretty cool. I went alone because I figured I would probably see someone I knew, and this method ended up working out because over the course of the afternoon I ended up seeing a lot of people so that was fun. No I am at home typing my blog, tomorrow I'm gonna go to church and then I have no plans at the moment. Nap maybe?
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