so my camera battery died at the welcome party, so i'm still waiting for a few other people to post pictures on facebook so i can steal them, but here are a select few i managed to capture.

Natto Eating: So we played a few games at the welcome party, to get to know each other. the losing team then had to eat Natto, which is a specialty of the Ibaraki region! Natto is fermented soy beans, really quite disgusting. here is a picture of one of the older people forcing a newbie to eat natto, ewww. luckily i was on the winning team





doesn't this just look horrible, i dont think this is a japanese culinary experience i will ever understand!


Karaoke, is way too popular here! everyone's favorite the macarena


more karaoke!