BASEBALL!

Yesterday I got to practice baseball with the baseball team. I only got to throw because I didn't have a uniform, but they did practice in a multi-million dollar stadium, but they didn't have such good equipment. Hey Dad! They have the kind of bat you used in college. I didn't bring a camera because we ran three miles to the stadium. This is a picture of a Chinese garden which is across the street from me.

Waving Flag

Baseball might not happen because all their games have been tournaments, but I might be able to at least practice with the team. Fishing is going to be fun this weekend and then we'll go eat at the world famous Mos Burger, which is the largest fast food restaurant (after McDonald's) in Japan. They have all sorts of burgers; beef, chicken, fish, and vegetable burgers.

Above is a picture of a guy named Kudos who is a friend from school. School starts at nine and ends at four. I have 6 classes and lunch, and then everyone takes time for cleaning their own school. I also have study time every school day.

Um...one more thing...when we take pictures in the U.S., we say cheese, but here in Japan, they say "Hai cheesezu".

Trip to the Churaumi Aquarium

On Sunday Nobuto (my oldest brother) took me with his English speaking friend to the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Nago City. The aquarium is the biggest in all of Asia. The building was big and the fish were colorful. We even went to the dolphin show. The show was amazing up until a dolphin unexpectedly jumped out of the tank and seriously hurt itself. It was the first time it had ever happened. I was very sad.  Here's a link to the aquarium in English: 
http://oki-churaumi.jp/en/index.html

More Fun In Okinawa

In the last few days I've gone to Kokusai street, which is Naha's main street, with all of the students in my class. Kokusai street is very unusual. There's gay dancers, goths, pig heads with sun glasses, and just about every store you can imagine. First, we all went to McDonalds (first time I've been there), which in Japanese is pronounced Mac-a-do-na-do.  I tried to buy food with my Visa but they don't take Visa, so one of my friends paid for me. After we left, we tried to go to an ATM so I could pay my friend back. We found one, and I put my card in and just made a loud beep and spit my card right back out. We tried a few more times and nothing worked, so we went to countless different ATMs and none of them worked either. But, for the rest of the night we looked around in a music store, which had half American and Japanese music. Yesterday, my mom took me to an ATM store and we waited for thirty minutes, and all they could tell us is the only ATM in Okinawa that could take my Visa card is at the post office 20 minutes away! So when I finally got there and could finally get money, I got like 350 dollars. Last that is that we had GREEN TEA ICE CREAM and it is delicious!