Last week, my host family in Oregon came over at my house. I could't believe foriegn people came here. My host brother is Kove. He was graduated from EUGENE GAKUEN in this June which is a Japanese immersion school. Their trip was a group trip of his school. He stayed with group for two weeks and then my host mam and Kove trip by themselves. they will stay in Japan for 5 weeks. Did you guys know a pass for JR?? We can buy it around 50000 yen and can get in any JR lines without NOZOMI. I think that's a good idea for traveling in Japan. They came from Shirakawa-go to Nagaya. I was very wondering where i should take them. They were going to stay here for three nights and head to Tokyo. We took them to Nagoya castle, had a lot of Japanese food and went to stay one night in Kitanomaru(Japanese inn) where the Japanese National soccer team had camped before world cup was held in Japan and Korea. That was awesome!! They have a big Japanese garden and there are still some panel of Japanese players then. The room was exactly Japanese style. It was so quiet and relaxed. I was remembering by them when I was in Oregon. They were so kind to me and they helped each other. I lerned warmhearted in family from them. His dad passed away when he was one old year, so they helped each other housework and everything.
I like their parenthood. I'd like to be like them if I had a family in the future.
Wow, what an experience. It was really interesting to read that you learned about parenthood from them. They must be a really nice family. I knew about the JR pass but I've never used it. Maybe some day.