So today I worked on Kendo with Ben-sensei and Brandon was also there.  It was pretty fun, and we learned a lot.  In total, we worked on the basics for about 2 and a half hours, so we actually stayed ‘after school’ for half an hour.  I guess I really can’t go into how it was much, because it’d be too difficult for me to explain exactly what we learned, but the general beginning footwork and sword swinging motions.

We also had a very interesting conversation about the realistic lightsabers that are available, and apparently Ben has two.  You wouldn’t really guess that he’s kind of…Star Wars geekish by looking at him.  It’s kinda funny, but the lightsabers are really cool.  In the dark they look pretty real.  (He had a video of him and his friend using them on his cellphone.)

Today was also fun because I spent some time talking with my host mother and host brother and just generally having fun.  Still had a lot of time left over, but at least I found something more to do today than yesterday.

Got a couple of new photos up in the Gallery for people who reminded that I could do that in my spare time.  Yay.

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I was preparing a rant for today about a religous group, but I’ve had to remove before posting this.  It’s not fair to use my Japan blog as a political one to, as today’s dealt with stuff that wasn’t as kid-friendly as a blog about Japan should be.

Tomorrow my political blog will be up, and if you’re interested in hearing my thoughts, you can go there.  Only disclaimer is that it is NOT for kids and will deal with mature content and issues.

So that’s where all my ranting will go.