owari

school is donezo.
yappari, went by super super fast. really strange feeling.
although it still seems like ive been here for a million years.
i'm scheduled to fly home this sunday, but i'm not going to.
i've been invited to stay in Kobe, Japan (8 hours southwest, near Osaka and Kyoto) with my friend
Lena and her mom and grandmother. It'll be nice to spend a few weeks out of Tokyo in the Kansai region
where the people have the Japanese equivalent of a southern accent and its only 5 bucks to travel
to Kyoto. Which i've been hoping to do for a long time. Really grateful for the opportunity.
Crazy that my homestay is going to be over too. I'm really going to miss "home". And my "parents".
I'm so used to everything now..... its going to be very weird packing up and leaving.
Gonna be super sad seeing my new friends go home too, i've met some really awesome people.

I've only recently become a hit in my neighborhood as well... the little kids that live all around me wait for
me to get off the bus everyday and start yelling TOMU SANNNNN as soon as i approach. Then i get stuck
playing with them for an hour or so. Not that it's a bad thing though. Theyre adorable. and super funny.
bummer i didn't get to hang out with em more in the beginning of my homestay. hanging around little kids
seems to be the best way to pick up japanese as well. though i kind of hate the fact that 5 year olds are a million
times better at speaking then i'll ever be. duh.

this'll probably be the last entry of my journey in Kashiwa/Tokyo.
can't believe its been close to 4 months. unreal.

i'm on hold with Delta airlines now and it sounds like Kermit the Frog is singing.
it sucks.

Next time i post here i'll probably be in Kobe.

Oh yeah and i'm seeing Wilco at Zepp Tokyo on Friday. Oh god yes.

Alas...
all good things must come to an end...

but another chapter of my journey awaits......................