So I went on my first big road trip in my own car this weekend, and it was a blast! I left saturday morning at around 8am , drove to Asahikawa to pick up my friends Parker and Laura, and from there continued on to Lake Kussharo. We got there around 4:30 I think... It was a beautiful drive, Hokkaido is so lush and green, and we drove through lots of mountains. I love mountains! It was so nice to see more of Hokkaido, I can't get over how beautiful it is. We camped on the edge of Lake Kussharo for 2 nights, and it was really fun. It was nice to hang out with other JETS for a few days! We also went to an onsen in one of the towns close by. This particular town has a bunch of onsens made from natural hot springs in the area. I love onsens! How onsens usually work is that men and women are split up, you go into a room, take off your clothes, enter the onsen area, wash yourself thoroughly, and then enter the pools they have. There is usually a few different pools of varying heat, some are so hot I can't imagine how anyone could ever possibly get in at all. I actually love the system of onsens, because you know that the water is clean. Its much more relaxing being in clean water than in water where there might be band-aids or other random stuff floating around in it...
Today I started at a brand new school, it's a junior high school with about 200 kids. Which is significantly larger than any other schools I have been to so far! The kids are so curious about me, it's very strange. They come up to me, and most just say hello, but a lot of the girls just go crazy! Once girl came into the office, saw me at my desk, and then exclaimed "KAWAIIIIIIIII" about 20 times! Kawaii means cute in Japanese. Anything I did, caused her to say it. I say "hello", she says "KAWAII!!" I say konnichiwa, she yells "KAWAIIII!!" I sit there and do nothing, "KAWAAAAIIIII!!!!!!" It was a little embarrassing...
Well that's all for today, I hope everything is going well back in Canada!
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