I don't typically go to the dining hall on campus, since we have kitchens. But when I have become so lazy and so hungry, I do go there.

It's completely different than American lunches, let me tell you. I got two fried white fish with a sweet egg and onion sauce. The other fish is mackerel in miso, then the green stuff is spinach salad with sesame and for something sweet, candied yams. For drinks either we can get something bottled or there is free hot tea (which I got two of) and cold water. All of this was about five dollars.

If I am lazy during the night and don't want to cook, I get instant yakisoba which are noodles in yakisoba sauce. The black one is dyed with squid ink (note the tiny squid picture) and the left side is just plain.

 In other news, November is already half way over and many of the trees are still green. A few have changed color on campus and some are barren, like the cherry blossom trees. The average temperature is still maybe 60 or so during the day. If it isn't windy it is warm, but the wind can really make it chilly.

So many flowers out still!

I have like, three months until I come home. So basically time to go wild and do all the fun Japanese stuff I didn't already do!

This post is a little overdue.
Our school had a festival! If you haven't realized, Japan throws awesome festivals for anything it seems.

 Cloudy and windy. Rained on and off throughout the day, but it was so much fun! There were so many stalls from different clubs and groups selling so much food. I ended up getting yakitori (grilled chicken on a stick) and tamago senbei which is like a fried egg on a cracker sandwich thing with mayo and sauce and it probably sounds awful to you but it's great. I had it twice.

The festival was two days long, over the weekend and everyone got involved! I really wish schools in America could care enough to do this sort of thing. Student clubs are so independent here and are able to do so much!

 Our club, Xiao sold Peppermint Bark! I was so surprised no one knew what it was. No one knew what peppermint was! It's never too early to get into the Christmas spirit. We ended up selling out early the first day and early the second day! We did so well!

That's not all we did though. We also did a Free Hugs event where we literally just walked around hugging people. Yay hugs! 

 The festival continued into the night time with firewords and music performances including the taiko group. Poor things must have been so cold! Without the wind it would have been tolerable.