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Back in Grade 7

From Japan I flew into Australia landing around 7 am in Brisbane, Gold Coast. In Grade 7 we had a teacher swap so my teacher went to Australia and our class got an Australian teacher. Before my travels I went to my elementary school to ask my Grade 7 teacher if he...

Here we go again

It was time to say goodbye to Sakoda, Asami, and Japan all together. Staying with them for 2 weeks was such a good experience and I got to know and love their personalities. I truly miss living with them. They taught me some Japanese in a way I’ll never forget...

Hanami!!

This was the moment I was waiting for. I specifically planned my whole trip around being in Japan to see the cherry blossoms. My last full day in Japan they were full bloom and perfect to have Hanami. Hanami is a Japanese tradition to have a picnic under the cherry...

Kumamoto Castle

The morning with my relatives, one of Kenji and Ritsuko’s son,Yoshiro, and his family took me out to Kumamoto castle. He was such a crazy and excited person but very fun to be around. They had a friend come along and she was introduced as Rocky and I don’t...

Long Lost Family

This was such a great day. Sakoda was so kind and took me and Asami on a little roadtrip to try and find my relatives. My dad had their address but their contacts all had changed so we had to hunt them down. When we arrived no one was home which was dissapointing and...