Week 2 Pt. 2

Haven't written in a while, just been too busy.

So Wednesday was pretty breezy, but I had my first training session for the soccer club.
I got to the clubroom after school to a crazy applause, and a bunch of guys wanting to take photos with me.
The clubroom smelt terrible. Shockingly terrible. Like someone who's kept their socks and shin pads in a bag for 2 week after training in the cupboard bad.

So I met the coach, one of the PE teachers and I could tell he was really into football as soon as he opened his mouth, even though he spoke Japanese it almost sounded Spanish. We did the usual stretches and drills, and then he gave me some keeper practice to see where I was at. He seemed impressed so he said I could be the 2nd year's (year 11 in Australia) keeper.

The rest of the week was pretty much the same, making new friends (most of which who's names I can't even remember XD) and studying. My old friends decided that Monday we'd go out for yakiniku, which is like an indoor Japanese traditional style barbecue.

On the Saturday we took drove to Kojima, where there was a fetival to celebrate jeans, the area's main manufacturing sector. So that was interesting, and I did some calligraphy. What I found interesting was that out of the thousands of people there, I was the only foreigner.

After a few hours of wandering around and eating, we took a drive up a mountain to get a view of the bridge connecting Okayama (on the largest island of honshu) to Japan's 4th largest island, Shikoku. The view was amazing.
** I put some photos up on my facebook page.

We then drove down the mountain to a fishing village where it seemed there were more vending machines than people. (Vending machines everywhere here)
We went to an old-style merchant house museum, but photo's weren't allowed.
On the way home we stopped for lunch at a ramen joint.