narita...

in addition to trying to bake halloween cookies this weekend, sunday, tamae and i ventured down to narita. narita is only about a 20 minute drive away, it is where the largest international airport in japan is located, and an airport that i am much too familiar with from flying through it on countless occasions to and from guam. but i had been told that the city itself, outside of the airport region was actually nice, and surprisingly it was quite quaint with a large complex of shrines and cute little pedestrian shopping streets.



















and of course we stopped by the mall that was there and indulged in starbucks, haha. but no pumpkin spice lattes :(


oh and also, saturday was the cultural festival at hinode (my first school) so i decided that i should probably go to that. it was basically a choir contest between the different grades. here are a few pictures of them singing.





tomorrow is the cultural festival at itako 2nd. which i tend to believe will be a little more exciting. i know that the students have been building a haunted house and a large maze. more to come on that...