I had my first visitor from home this week. My buddy Masa! He came all the way down to Nagasaki to see me and to travel around the area with his girlfriend Maggie. As Scott said, "it was nice to see a familiar face." I almost forgot where I was when we were hanging out. I guess although I feel pretty comfy here, it still feels surreal that I'm living in Japan. We had fun catching up over a tasty dinner (Masa tried the famous Kunimi crab, fresh from the pond in front of the restaurant!) and I showed them around my little town and gave them a tour of my house. Good times!
I also went to my first Enkai party. It was a welcome party for new teachers thrown by my junior high staff. I had heard much of these parties and of what to expect. Mostly lots and lots of beer pouring and drinking and speeches and good food. But there are also crazier stories of debauchery and such. As they say, what happens at an enkai, stays at an enkai. Mine was pretty tame although there was definitely heavy drinking and slightly inappropriate conversation, but all in good fun. Hopefully I won't get in trouble for publishing this pic!
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