From The Sakura Hotel

Wow. So I’m in Momoishi right now (my new hometown) and so much has happened within the last few days that I don’t know where to start. I’m in a hotel room right now, for reasons that are not quite clear to me. My supervisor and his assistant took me to my apartment where I dropped off one of my bags and then they took me to a hotel literally down the street and told me that I will be staying here tonight. I have no idea why. Anyway, my apartment is so awesome I can barely contain my excitement. I’ll post some photos of it as soon as I get a chance but it’s really nice, practically brand new and fully furnished with the possessions left behind by two previous JETs.

This hotel is really nice too. As you can see from the photo, it’s a traditional Japanese style inn. When I first came into the room it was ridiculously hot, as the windows were shut and I was sweating bullets just standing in the room. So then I had to go down and, in broken Japanese, inquire as to how to turn on the air conditioner, as I couldn’t figure it out after giving it a few tries. Well, unfortunately, I had no idea how you say air conditioner in Japanese, so I just said “airu kondishina” and tried to mimic the motion of air with my hands (I later found out that they call them “kooras”). Well, anyhow, it’s now quite livable in here. I think the woman who runs the inn said that she’s going to make me miso and toast in the morning. Sweet.

Hopefully I’ll get a chance to recap the last few days in greater detail at some point in the near future. However, now, I should go downstairs to be taken out for dinner. Itekimasu!