may oh my

golden week is over as of tomorrow, and then school will resume its usual course as will i. it was a great week though and it was really nice to have some time to enjoy the beautiful spring weather. i started out my week by going to a ballet concert with my friend tammy. one of tammy's teachers is apart of the company so we went to check out the japanese ballet scene. it was amazing! there were some guest professional dancers, but what amazed me most were the young ballerinas...that and how small they can make tutus.

i also went to tokyo with shane, john, and john's mom. i finally got to go to the art museums! i have been wanting to do that since i first came to japan when i was in high school. through an unfortunate set of events though i was unable to(the museums are close on mondays--who knew?). john's mom is an artist so the museums were one of the top priorities of our day. there seemed to be a lot of wooden, figurative sculpture, and of course pottery and textiles (kimonos and such).

we also visited the Sesoji (Asakusa Kannon Temple) and bought some fortunes. mine was not a desirable outcome considering it said (in English) at the top "BAD FORTUNE". the best (worst) part read: "Just like a fish can't meet water, there may be so many possibility to be bad case for you." i am doomed.


shane and i stayed another day in the big 'chity', walking around ueno park, eating doughnuts and bagels (which are unattainable in gunma), and visiting a parasite museum. we did that after we ate lunch. this is a photo of the 10-meter long tapeworm extracted from a man from Yokohama. the museums catchy logo is "the wonderful world of worms", ha, ha!


it took me a good day to recooperate from being in tokyo. i love it and there is so much to do/see, but it is tiring. i've just been relaxing the rest of my golden week away, trying to psych myself up for school tomorrow. hope spring is treating you all well.