2/19/16 Blog by Benton

The End

Although we aren't leaving Japan until tomorrow morning, our goodbyes began today with our homeroom. Saying good-bye is (almost) always hard. It depends on whether you like whomever you are parting ways with, but in the case of the Nagisa students it was indeed hard.

After we said our good-byes to our homeroom classes, we spent some time getting organized and doing some homework. Then around noon, we switched gears to something more fun. We took a short bus ride to the Wood Egg (what a fun name) to make okonomiyaki. If you've never had it before it's basically like a pancake sandwich with noodles, cabbage, ham, bean sprouts, and toppings such as seaweed and fish powder. Here at the Wood Egg we got to make our own on an open stove top which was a unique experience. 

We also attended another speech contest later in the afternoon but this time instead of middle schoolers, high school students gave speeches (some in Japanese and some in English) in a hall to the audience of other students and us. Once again everyone did a great job! Yuto, a friend I met at the exchange party we had, won first place out of the English speeches! 

Now there are more good-byes to follow soon, as well as packing to do before we get on our 13+ hour flight home so, sayonara!