NATSU YASUMI! (Summer vacation) - FINALLY!

Ah! I have been very busy these last few days! So busy infact...that I do not have pictures for everything! But I will do my best! :)


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Okay - enough of that! SO! Friday was my last day of schooooollll!!!!!!!!!! YAAAAAAAY!
I had to give two speeches in Japanese - one to my homeroom and one to AFS/my host familoy as thank yous! But I cheated and wrote them in English - had Sensei translate into Japanese...and then I wrote her Japanese in romanji so it would be easier for me to read fast...
...But it still went really well!

Afterwards all the summer exchange students plus Carlos ate lunch together at a resturaunt. It was definitely Japanized Italian food.
Then...KARAOKE!
It was my first time in Japan...and let me just say it is awesome!
OH! And cheap! It is 100 yen a person for 1 hour.
I could only do an hour because I had to leave early to get ready for the Hanabi Matsuri (Fireworks festival) but I sang some Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, ABBA, Paramore, and even attempted some An Cafe! (Note: An Cafe is Japanese).
I want to go again!



And then yukata! For the third time since coming to Japan!
This one was sooo tight though! Ahh! Could hardly breath! It was so much fun to wear though!


This is the only other picture of me in it that I have - sorry that it is blurry!

And then the Hanabi Matsuri!

The fireworks really were amazing!!

The highlights were the ones that were shaped like fruit! They had watermelon, peaches, and even a strawberry!

And then also smiley faces, hearts, and cubes! It was quite a show!

Remember the Terebi To from an earlier post?

This is a picture from the resturaunt we ate at afterwards.

Anyway - I didn`t get home till past midnight and didn`t get to sleep until past 130! Really the latest I have been awake in Japan!

Okay! So Saturday morning the summer exchange students! (And once again Carlos!) Made mochi! So yummy!

You beat rice with a giant hammer! No lie! Alyssa is doing it here. But I have a video of me doing it! I will post it on facebook once I return!

Me eating mochi for the first time!

So yummmmmmmyy!

I had like...4. Apparently it`s pretty bad for you, too.

I...love this picture. I think Carlos should never shut up. The things that come out of his mouth are so funny.

Tove was cute enough to eaaaatttt! (She even had a Hello Kitty apron!) We think her host family was trying to dress her up!

Kate and me!

I would like to see you try to take my mochi away from me!

The entire group that was there!

Japanese people and exchange students from other schools as well!

Afterwards we did a little shopping - I bought much needed conditioner!

And we did purikura!

And then to another matsuri! It was kind of miserable because we were all tired, standing in the rain, and getting bite by bugs - but it was still pretty interesting.

The highlight was when these college guys just ripped off their clothing and were in traditional Japanese pants. (It kind of looks like a thong.) Left basically...nothing to the the imagination. All of our (well - the girls faces) were ten shades of red. We were just...shocked.

Sadly - I did not have my camera out because it was raining.

Okay! So today! (Sunday!)

I went to church again with Sensei this morning! This time her husband preached and it was a really good message! (Once again Sensei sat behind me and translated into English for me)

After church I got home and Sayo took me out to an `Amusement Center`! Full of games and sports and stuff!

First thing - purikura!

(Hello. My name is Allison. And I am addicted to purikura.)

Afterwards - bowling!

My host sister, Sayo!

...And that`s when I knew I was in Japan.

Yes. This is what it looks like. `Rodeo.` SO MUCH FUN! I loved it!

And I didn`t fall off!

Sayo on the other hand....

And then we played ping-pong!

And then roller skated!

And then played badmittion!

And then an adventure with the jindouhanbaki! (Vending machines are love. - just wait until you see some of my video adventures involving them!)

And then we went to eat ramen!

Noodle Restaurant - for the people!

This is actually my bowl after I had already eaten and couldn`t put another bite in my mouth! I got Tama-Nori (Egg-Seaweed) Miso Ramen! There was also pork and vegitables. It was taaaaasty! Be jealous!
But notice my chopsticks...I failed at breaking them in half! Ahhh!

Anyway - only 10 days left! And my 10th day is almost over! So probably only a few more posts to go! Comment and show me love - k? <3