Daley-sensei's Adventures in Himeji, Japan.

Because when you're bored on a Sunday with beautiful weather, who wouldn't decide to go visit Mt. Shosha again? Especially with it being 15 minutes away from Shirasagi Residence... there's really no excuse! The weather was fantastic, with only a slight haze due to the pollution (the jury's out as to whether this pollution has been coming from China or not). We ran into a few groups of other ALT's who were having similar thoughts as us, which made for a very small world. All in all, it was a nice way to spend the day! So, without further ado, here's a bunch of photos from today's hike! I've gotten a lot better with my camera since the last time I came to Mt. Shosha. Practice really does make perfect! Though I am still an amateur, these are the best of my unaltered photos.

I haven't done anything particularly exciting this last month; in fact, I was usually so busy that I'd mostly just crash and sleep through the weekend! But fortunately the school term ends on Monday, which means I will have lots of opportunities to go Cherry Blossom Viewing in the coming weeks. Stay tuned for more photos then! A few of the highlights from this month: Toy Museum I went to the Toy Museum with other ALTs and community members. We painted clam shells! The Japanese believe that each half of a clam shell only has one match in the entire world (the shells lock in place at the 'hinge'), which makes them very romantic shells. You can play a sort of "matching game" with the shells, where you try to find each of the matching pairs by seeing if the 'hinges' fit perfectly. The winner is the one who winds up with the most matches! It was a very fun game! These are my shells, before I painted them.  My finished shells! I drew my