February 8-22, 2006
Hey everyone
Been 2 weeks since I emailed everyone and said hello. I have actually beendown in the very South of Japan doing a volunteer project. I was there from the 8th of February and just got back tonight. I went with a friend from uni and joined up with 9 other Japanese and Korean volunteers. We stayed in the local hall in a very nice little town called Aya on the island of Kyushu in Southern Japan. The town had a population of just 7, 000 and prides itself on its extensive organic farming technologies and practises.The 10 of us helped out on the local farms, and in a local greenhouse,removing weeds etc which create so many problems for organic farmers.We also helped set up a gym ready for a soccer clinic, did the ghastly jobof cleaning a horse racing track fence that hadnt been cleaned for 20years!!!!!!!! We visited a local primary school and entertained the kids allday with games, including a visit to a massive hill nearby to the schoolwhich we slid down on cardboard boxes!!
We experienced some cultural aspects of the town, including a ceremony at the shrine, which was very nice, and riding bikes everyday to the localonsen (hot springs) to bathe.
Really had an awesome time down there volunteering again and getting achance to meet so many new people.
I made my way back up to Tokyo myself, opting to take the long way (noplane), but instead a car ferry from Miyazaki Port to Osaka and then an8-hour highway bus ride today from Osaka to Tokyo.I am very tired now....
Got tomorrow free before Kazuya comes here on Tuesday. He has an interview for a new job here in Tokyo, so hope all goes well with that. He will stay in my room here at Ogikubo until the 5th March, and then we will move together into our new accommodation at Higashi Koganei - about 10 minutes further along the train line from here. Looking forward to the change, and to be able to live with him here in Tokyo.
I have holidays for the next 7 weeks, so I am planning on staying here inTokyo until the end of March, settling in with Kazuya and studyingetc....before heading down south again, this time to see my host family inOkayama and then to visit an Aussie mate down in Shikoku;
one of Japan'sfour islands. He lives in Kouchi, which is a nice beach town! Lookingforward to that....
Hope everyone is going well and keeping safe. For all my Aussie mates, thesummer must be almost winding down by now??
Take care and keep in touch everyone
Tim
xxx
Been 2 weeks since I emailed everyone and said hello. I have actually beendown in the very South of Japan doing a volunteer project. I was there from the 8th of February and just got back tonight. I went with a friend from uni and joined up with 9 other Japanese and Korean volunteers. We stayed in the local hall in a very nice little town called Aya on the island of Kyushu in Southern Japan. The town had a population of just 7, 000 and prides itself on its extensive organic farming technologies and practises.The 10 of us helped out on the local farms, and in a local greenhouse,removing weeds etc which create so many problems for organic farmers.We also helped set up a gym ready for a soccer clinic, did the ghastly jobof cleaning a horse racing track fence that hadnt been cleaned for 20years!!!!!!!! We visited a local primary school and entertained the kids allday with games, including a visit to a massive hill nearby to the schoolwhich we slid down on cardboard boxes!!
We experienced some cultural aspects of the town, including a ceremony at the shrine, which was very nice, and riding bikes everyday to the localonsen (hot springs) to bathe.
Really had an awesome time down there volunteering again and getting achance to meet so many new people.
I made my way back up to Tokyo myself, opting to take the long way (noplane), but instead a car ferry from Miyazaki Port to Osaka and then an8-hour highway bus ride today from Osaka to Tokyo.I am very tired now....
Got tomorrow free before Kazuya comes here on Tuesday. He has an interview for a new job here in Tokyo, so hope all goes well with that. He will stay in my room here at Ogikubo until the 5th March, and then we will move together into our new accommodation at Higashi Koganei - about 10 minutes further along the train line from here. Looking forward to the change, and to be able to live with him here in Tokyo.
I have holidays for the next 7 weeks, so I am planning on staying here inTokyo until the end of March, settling in with Kazuya and studyingetc....before heading down south again, this time to see my host family inOkayama and then to visit an Aussie mate down in Shikoku;
one of Japan'sfour islands. He lives in Kouchi, which is a nice beach town! Lookingforward to that....Hope everyone is going well and keeping safe. For all my Aussie mates, thesummer must be almost winding down by now??
Take care and keep in touch everyone
Tim
xxx
posted by Tim at 11:18 AM
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