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Japan Diaries 4: Week 66

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Week 66: January 30 – February 3, 2023 Day 455: January 30, 2023 Monday – Rumoi It’s a sunny winter morning. It’s the start of my 66th week here in Japan as an ALT under the JET Programme . Today, I’m back at Rumoi High School . Rumoi High School 1.30.23 Today was not a busy day for me as the 3rd year classes that I frequently visit already finished their school year. I spent my morning doing some final touches to the Valentine’s Day PowerPoint Presentation that I would use on my visit to Obira Special Needs School. We watched a short video about New Year's Resolution before making one Aside from that, Matsuda-sensei and I discussed the schedule of my Driving Practice tomorrow and also the Driver’s License Practical Exam in mid-February. He also helped me inform Kyoto-sensei about my wife’s pregnancy. That afternoon, we had the English Club. We talked about New Year’s Resolution and also made one for ourselves. We then shared this. After that, we talked about the haiku competition...

Japan Diaries 4: Weekend 65

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Weekend 65: January 28-29, 2023 Day 453: January 28, 2023 Saturday – Driving around Rumoi Ella sliding down the snow pile outside our house Today’s weather forecast said that Rumoi City would receive a large amount of snow in the afternoon. Regardless, since it was a weekend, we didn’t want to stay home the whole day as we would surely consume a lot of kerosene, so we decided to head out. Driving to Rumoi Golden Beach Rumoi Golden Beach in winter This is what Cape Ogon looks like in winter We wanted to see what Golden Beach Rumoi would look like in winter so we went there to check it out. From there, we continued to Cape Ogon before proceeding to Rumoi Roadside Station . Rumoi Roadside Station can barely be seen due to the blizzard My daughter and I planned to rent plastic sleds to play in the snow mounds of Senba Park but were disappointed to learn that they don’t do rentals during the weekends. Regardless, it was a blessing as the “large amount of snow” turned out to be a bliz...

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