Presenting in bath robes

We weren't in Morioka again long before Takashi, the group study exchange coordinator in Japan swept us off to a resort and spa in the mountains. We were to meet up with the Japanese team who is going to the United States to compare notes on our presentations.

We immediately took to the girls, one who lived in Atlanta for eight years, (and has a bit of a southern twang to her Japanese accent), and another girl who doesn't speak as much English. We had time for a dip in the hot-springs before our presentations.


At this resort, everyone just walks around in these Japanese style bathrobes called Yukata. It was funny to give my part of the presentation wearing something like that. We had a traditional Japanese dinner, then headed to a karaoke box, to sing for the second night in a row.

Yesterday morning was my favorite part of the weekend. We had a leisurely breakfast, then all the girls sat in our room on the tatami mats, had tea and talked.


Now this we are off to Miyagi Prefecture, where we will travel around to different clubs for the next couple weeks.

Lesson learned: Japanese women, who seem so demur, can be sassy also.