My JET Journey

Here is a collection of random pictures taken here in Japan :) Enjoy!

Here is a video of my taiko performance at the 2010 Benkei Matsuri with my taiko group Oni Waka:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcu2LHzyx24

Enjoy! :D

Last night, Aug. 12, 2010, was my town's fireworks. There was a concert stage for performers, food stands, and fireworks all along the beach. All the food looked soooo goooood. See for yourself :)

Tonight was Tanabe's Yaya Matsuri! It's like a Town Day where the streets are closed off to have games, performances and food stands everywhere. The point is to encourage business and commerce :)

I also got to experience my first bike ride home at NIGHT! It was a bit scary, but I survived.

こんにちわ!
(Konnichiwa)

Hello everyone! I would first like to say thank you for being so patient! I am finally updating my blog and I am also FINALLY in Japan :D

I made it through JET 2010 Tokyo Orientation and have finally settled into my new home in Tanabe. I have to say, although it's been a pretty stressful and overwhelming week I have a very very good feeling that I am going to fall in love with my hew town. Tanabe is just enough city so I don't go insane, but still rural so that the lifestyle isn't busy and everyone is just happy and nice!

Here are just a few pictures that can sum up what I've been up to:
(SORRY, my pictures are posted backwards from the order they actually happened haha)