6/15-16 Yokohama Yearners

One day I received a message from my Sac State classmates who were studying abroad at Yokohama National University in the Tokyo area. They told me that they were coming to Matsuyama, and I responded "Why?" I was just confused why they wanted to see Matsuyama when they lived in Tokyo where there's more stuff. The "delegation" included Thomas, Michael, and a British student name Ben.

So the night they arrived, I went out to meet them. I helped them get to their place and we did something after that. I think we had dinner and then they boarded the streetcar to go back and sleep.

The next day I wanted to give them the same experience Ryan got, which meant as much as possible in a day. School and traditional stuff. I think on their own time they went to the Dogo Onsen and castle.

In the morning we each did our own things, because I had class. But they did come over for English Hour, and we had fun with that. From there we went to Fuji supermarket in Dogo, so I could buy ramune, and they could buy snacks. To my horror, they did not actually sell ramune.  I called a taxi, and we went to Daimon-san's house! Don't worry, I called to let him know. We arrived, and he told me that he had a coupon for the taxi service. I introduced everyone to each other, and gave the Yokohama delegation a quick tour of the farm. 

Pretty soon we were barbecuing and laughing. But what started happening was BILLIONS of LARGE bugs and spiders started appearing. I would point one out and everyone would run away. We referred to their trip as the "kumoyaki" (grilled spider) trip. 

Later Daimon-san brought out ayu, which is one of the few freshwater fish that are eaten in Japan. It was good, but lots of bones. I felt very lucky to get to try it. When we were done, Thomas, Michael, and Ben brought out the snacks they bought. These included crackers, chocolate, and marshmallows. We were making s'mores!

Then we took a taxi back, and I said goodbye.