Hello, again.
So it has been over a month since my last post. Here are some things that have happened since then:
– visited friends (and owls) in Kita-Kyushu/Fukuoka
– attended the Daimyo procession in Yakage
– English speech contest (I coached them and looked on while wringing my hands as my 10 students did their best!)
– JET midyear Conference
– (yet another) observation class & teacher’s workshop
– 3rd years taught me about Japanese places, things and New Year’s traditions
– bought a cover for my kotatsu (one of the Japanese things they told me about. If a table and an electric blanket had a baby, it would be a kotatsu)
– biked the Kibi trail
– attended a jazz night in a cute rustic “garage” house featuring a hilarious Buddhist priest guitarist/singer
Plus, I’ve been eating food, seeing autumn leaves, meeting people and…. trying to learn Japanese…
So I’m still alive. I’m just trying to decide what to post about next!
I love your photo montage on this post. It shows so much of the old Japan. Friends of ours are in Tokyo right now and my cousin is visiting her former home in Kyushu and I am TRYING not to be envious!
I would love to see a photo of the kotatsu and it’s cover. What is a kotatsu and what do you use it for?
Mom, just for you I will do a special kotatsu post soon.