Golden Week

The Volcano

They had really good corn!

Golden Week in Japan is a week with many holidays so everyone has vacation. The first holiday was April 29th. This was the former emperor's birthday. I then went back to school on Friday but was off again from Saturday to Wednesday. The next holiday was May 3rd which is the Constitution Memorial Day. May 4th is a holiday for the environment and nature. May 5th is the last holiday of Golden Week and it is Children's day. During this time I went on a short home stay to next year's St.Paul Rotary exchange student's house. I taught her and her family many things about Minnesota and St.Paul. On Saturday night and Sunday night we stayed at her house. We had so much fun staying up late, playing games, talking, and watching movies. On Monday we left for our trip. On the first day we went to Fukuoka. In Fukuoka we went shopping for a little bit. After shopping we went out to eat with my host grandmother. We went to a restaurant that had foods from Hokkaido. It was very delicious. We stayed overnight in Fukuoka and the next morning started to drive to Kumamoto prefecture. There was a lot of traffic. Usually the highways in Japan are not very crowded. In Japan you have to pay to use the highways. In Kumamoto we went to visit Aso Mountain. We went to visit the volcano. It was really cool to see and it was my first time seeing a volcano. Inside the volcano was some green liquid. We also stopped many times along the way see the various sights. It was very pretty. At night we stayed at a little inn in the mountains. It was really cute. In the morning we went on a little walk around the inn. The family who ran the inn were really nice. On Wednesday we returned home and that night I returned back to my 3rd host family's house. I really enjoyed getting to see another part of Japan.