This Sunday was our last Sunday attending Takamori Church. Because of our Japanese studies, we were able to sing out the hymns with the rest of the congregation. We didn’t […]

On Saturday, our dear friend Hiromi, whom we met at church, invited us to her house so we could celebrate her 59th birthday with her! She loves cats, and she […]

Hello family and friends, On Friday the thirteenth we went to Uncle Yoshio and Aunt Tamiko’s house. When we arrived at their house we first talked and had a few […]

On Thursday, we didn’t do much. We did school until we needed to leave for language class. We went on the train to Hon-Atsugi. We went to an okonomiyaki restaurant, […]

PSAT day! Elias and I woke up early, so we could be ready to walk to St. Maur International School, and get to the testing room by 8am.   All […]

Because we would need to wake up so early for the PSAT, and we would have to walk to the school, we decided that we would stay in a hotel, […]

Hello Friends, On Monday (10/9) Chieko and her family, Yoshio and Tamiko, and Shea came to our apartment to visit. It was fantastic! We made a bunch of yummy food […]

HEDGEHOGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   After  lunch with our family, we headed to a hedgehog café. We weren’t hungry, we were just going to see hedgehogs!   The hedgehog café was very small, […]

On Sunday we went to our family lunch gathering in Tokyo near Tokyo Tower. This was a special opportunity to spend time with our relatives that live in and around […]

On Saturday we woke up and did our chores like usual but Mom’s phone made a random video of the last month. *if you have trouble viewing the above video, […]