阿蘇山！

Kevin, Kara, Alex, and I had ourselves a pleasant day trip to Mt. Aso. We went for the highest peak because anything less simply would not do. Here we are around the trail's head (the peak in view is in fact about 1/5th of the way through the trail) Note my awesome hat.
While climbing we decided to record an introspective classic rock album, though I ruined the cover by laughing:
The trail itself went from peak to peak
Ending at the highest with an elevation of 1592 meters
I liked this picture a lot
Our descent coincided with the sun's
The hike was somewhere between 4 and 5 hours. A big thanks to Kara for the pictures~

projects and pot

I was wandering around school between classes and figured I'd take some pictures.

The kids made cork boards. These are two of my favorite. One because it is an example of excellent craftsmanship, the other because it's not.


The kids have a pretty nonsensical infatuation with marijuana, though they don't seem to have any concept of what it actually is.
On the other hand, the products they buy are unambiguous.

体育大会

Sports Day!
I attended at both my schools on the same day. It was an elaborate disciplined version of the kind of color-war stuff I have vague memories of doing in summer camp.
The white and red teams competed in a number of events including foot races
miscellaneous races
and squabbles over large sticksadditionally there were some absurd acrobatics
and even a few Ouendan

Now everyone.... bow！