April Showers

Kari Writes:

Hello again!

April was a more relaxed month for us.  Some of our weekly commitments were on hiatus so we had lots of quiet evenings at home.  Thankfully our house has warmed up quite a bit so we weren't bundled up and shivering!

We took a day to explore Senjo-San and see some of the lovely cherry blossoms there!  They were in full bloom and absolutely dripping with flowers!

Look at that view!

I also bought some flowers for our kitchen window sill and they popped right open!  I couldn't resist snapping some pics of them.

The coolest thing we did this month was attend a rock concert at an old sake warehouse!  It had a super cool vibe and lots of people worked hard to make it an awesome venue! The opening band had tons of energy - but unfortunately they overloaded the power grid and plunged us all into darkness!  But they kept on singing and the drummer kept on drumming for the whole 20 minutes they were without power!  Kudos to them for keeping the audience upbeat!  Then it was time for Ellen sensei to steal the show!  She joined the Kasami Band and sang some golden oldies.  And we got a whole crowd of people up front and dancing!

After the show we joined up with some fellow JETs and went to Karaoke.  We had a blast singing a bunch of American songs!  But the moral of this story is: don't miss the last train home!  We walked a friend home and ended up missing our train.  So instead of a 4 minute train ride we had a 4 mile walk back home!  In the drizzle.  We certainly learned our lesson!

I've also been meaning to share some pics of the pottery we have completed!  We have packed them into boxes to send home already

Ian's first set

Kari's first set

Ian's second set

Kari's second set

Not picture are my horrible first attempt at glazing and my "mistake" plate that was most admired by our fellow classmates and instructor!

So that was our April.  Very uneventful except for one very eventful night!
-Kari