(Used to be) Springwood Colquhouns: News from Jamie in Japan

Thursday, January 17, 2008

News from Jamie in Japan

We finally had an email from Jamie :

Hello it is me from Japan.
This is my last night with my host family so there is no point replying as I will be gone to morrow morning. I have been having a great time over here. I have been to Japanese school and discovered tha t taking my joggers would have been much easier as I have had to continuously change the boo ts into slippers and visa versa. Joggers are a lot easier to take off and put on as I have t o unlace my boots half way to get them off. At night my host family and I are always doing some thing. The very fist night I got taken t o a Shinto shine to renew the good luck flowers. This consisted in throwing last years flowe rs away and buying a new set. While we were at the shine I had my fortune told by shaking a barrel until a stick with a number fell out of a little hole. I was then given a sheet of pa per with my fortune on it. It was in Japanese so I am not sure what it said but I hope it is good. We were also purified by a person in white with a funny hat and a stick with white st reamers stuck to the end. We have also been to two onsen or natural spring bath house type places. Yesterday I went to Himeji castle with the school and to day I went to Kobe city an Osaka. Having lost of fun James

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