Better Late Than Never!

These are some photos from a BEAUTIFUL wedding I went to in Japan last November. I bought a kimono for the event and got to experience a traditional Japanese wedding for the first time. The bride was one of the teachers at my base school and a good friend of mine.

At one point in the beginning, the wedding party went into a small room with a fancy altar (adorned with fresh fruits among other things) and drank sake out of really cute little cups. The wedding was definitely a highlight of my time in Japan.

Final Days in Japan

One last day at the beach in Hitachi.

Vending machines near my apartment.

Part of the school where I worked.

Last time at my favorite Italian restaurant in Hitachi!

Pictures!

View of Hitachi from the Civic Center.

I was so excited that my friends and I could actually access the HUGE ball that forms the center of Hitachi's Civic Center!

The outside of my apartment.

The bedroom - all clean and ready to go!

And the living room.

Home grown lavender from an English teacher at one of my schools.

A carving of my name and face - made by an art teacher at one of my schools!

The bento shop I walked by on the way to school almost every morning.

This is where I had dinner - a big, hot bowl of Miso ramen - on my last night in Japan.

It was perfect.:)

On the highway bus headed to Narita Airport.

I loved taking the highway bus to the airport because I got to see so much of the countryside one last time.

Cicadas - the true sound of Japanese summer. I took this video while walking up the path that leads to my school on my final day there.