Minamata Trip!!

Hello, you guys! What are you guys up to these days?? I went to Minamata last Sunday with my friends in order to see one of the greatest senpai for us who lives in there and works at Minamata high school. Of course, we just not only met him but we hung out with him and stayed his house.

We were supposed to gather at the seven-eleven near the school at 11:00am. Then, we depart for Minamata. We thought it take about 2 hours to go there before departure, so we drove safely. But actually, it took about 4 hours because we spent time in a Jusco about a hour to have lunch. Anyway, it was about 3:00pm that we arrived there.







After that, we went to a beach!! Yes, we went swimming!!! Well, it didn't matter whether it's evening because it's SUMMER!! We have to enjoy swimming! Yay!! After swimming, we went to an onsen. There was no customer, so it was like reserved for us. But though it was good, it was a bit small... Anyway we felt refreshed by the onsen!











Okay, let's talk about dinner and nighttime. Fortunately, the senpai bought us food and drink!! So we decided to make 海鮮丼. It's pretty easy to make it because we just had to put 刺身 on the rice. Here's it. How does it look?


Looks really good, huh? And we drunk alcohol, not so much. But one of friends got drunk a little.


His face was soooo red like this picture. OK, you rock! :P
By the way, it's cold night. I don't know why.




Next morning, we got up early, it was about 7:00am. The senpai had to work because it's Monday. And we had to see him off. We were really glad to see him! And he looks happy, too.

We hope everything is going well for you! Thank you so much for staying us.

Uh! We found something funny on the road.

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Have you thought about...

Yesterday, when I was watching my favorite band's music videos, I found those messages below in the music video. Those messages are not the lyrics of the song. It included in the music video.

"What makes us who we are?
Eyes? Hair? Race? Sex?
Who will you… love? Who will you… trust?
Where is home?
What hardships will you face? What hardships will you overcome?
What makes you happy? What are your passions?
If you could… do it all over again… what would you change?
Relationships? Choices? Direction?
What experience would you relieve?
What will you… achieve? What will you… be remembered for?
Don’t Drop Your Arms"

Have you thought about them? Maybe yes? Maybe no? In my case, I haven't thought about them except a few things. We need think about them in our life at least once because I think it's important what we aim for. I put the music video below, so please check it out.

Anberlin - The Unwinding Cable Car

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Festival

Did you guys went to Hinokuni Festival during 8th to 9th? I went to the festival both of days with 2 friends and 3 exchange students. Actually, I didn't know the festival last year because I'm not from Kumamoto and I was in Beppu last year. But I had time to go the festival this year.

On the first day, I watched fireworks show in Kumamoto Castle. The firewoks were impressed and beautiful, but a fireworks show of Beppu is better than this one. If you have time, you should go to Beppu next summer!! You can enjoy the firework show. Okay, so after the fireworks show in the castle, we went to festa to take purikura, but there were freaking many people there, so we gave up taking it. Instead of taking purikura, we played hockey game and shooting game. It was so much fun!

On the second day, I watched 'The Dark Knight' with 3 friends, including 2 exchange students, in Daiei from 9:40am. The movie was a bit long, but it was exciting!You should watch it out!! After watching it, we went to Thai restaurant for lunch. I ate 生春巻き and グリーンカレー. One clerk
asked me like "Was it spicy??". Of course I answered NO. I think, it was a little bit spicy for you, but not spicy for me. Anyway, it was really good and cheap, so try once! After the lunch, we went to festa again. And we played same game as previous day. Then, we went to 交通センター to watch friend's dance!! The dance was awesome and sexy!haha

After that, we went to Starbucks to take a rest. One of them said, "I want to eat yakiniku for dinner." So, we decided to go to 牛角. I've never been to there, so I was kinda excited. Yep, the taste was good, and we could enjoy eating. Finally, it's time to おてもやん!! We enjoyed watching it near the city hall, and we talked about whether join the parade next year because it seemed really fun! Then, we went to Jeff's World Bar. I was driving scooter, so I couldn't drink the night. Again, one of them said, "I want to eat ramen." Therefore, we went to 天外天.

I'm tired of typing today. Okay, let me finish. So, all I can say is that I really enjoyed the 2 days with awesome friends. The memories are going to be unforgettable!!

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Yeah!!

Hey, it's been a long time, isn't it? How have you been?? Are you melting because of heat? I'm melting a little. By the way, I'm having hot and fun summer vacation now. But I have sad things. They are that exchange students are leaving Japan. Eight of them already left here. I don't want them to leave...

Let's change the topic. So, what are you doing during this summer vacation? In my case, I'm going to work as usual, to go back home, go to short trip, and to drink alcohol. It's not bad, but not good. Oh, I've finally got my own iPod about 2 weeks ago, so I'm going to listen to my favorite musics everyday!! Yay! And I'm going to a Korean drama which I've been wanted to watch since 6 months ago. I guess, I have lots of things to do including chilling at home and hanging out with friends.

Speaking of my favorite musics, I know a nice band! They are "The Fray". Do you guys know this band? I attached one of their songs, "How To Save A Life".



Have you ever heard this song? I think, you have. The Fray is a Grammy Award-nominated four-piece piano rock band from Denver in the state of Colorado, the US, and is formed in 2002 by schoolmates. Most of fans of The Fray like this song. Anyway, don't miss it! Their songs are sweet!

I have to sleep a lot and chill out tomorrow. :P

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