Coming of Age Day
It is a long weekend here in Japan, when those who have turned 20 celebrate their coming of age. They get dressed up in kimonos and hakamas and enjoy having reached the age where it is legal to go drinking. Many people return to their home villages and towns for this event.
For us though it is an extension of New Years, and this weekend we are back up at Mt. Fuji, enjoying some relaxing time with friends. They built a sauna, Finnish style, and yesterday we tried it out. It was my first time to go to a sauna, and quite a surprise it was too. Water is poured on hot coals and the steam sure raises sweat! I think I prefer going to the hot springs though - it was a little painful in the sauna.
I haven’t posted here for a while. We have had some problems with our internet connection. Our building is being changed over to cable and our ISP thought the implementation was complete so they switched our account over, however NTT hadn’t finished installing the system - so no internet! It seems to be sorted out and hopefully we will have cable soon.
Back teaching at the moment too, Monday to Friday with early morning starts, finishing late in the evening. I am quite enjoying it, although it does lack a bit of challenge because I have been teaching for so long. I have contracts through to the end of the financial year, after that maybe a change is in order. Other than that, I am working on a couple of websites which is something I really enjoy. Will post some more about them when they are up.
Lets enjoy 2008 - the year of the mouse! 今年も宜ã—ããŠé¡˜ã„ã„ãŸã—ã¾ã™ï¼
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