OK! Big catch-up post while I pack for Tokyo. Where should I begin though... I believe last time I made a real post was before the last time we were supposed to go hiking. Well, it rained that day, so that didn't happen. Instead we went to Kirishima Jingu, Takachiho Farm, Kurozu vinegar "factory," and Sakurajima! Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures :( I wish I had though. We went to the observatory on Sakurajima and by that time the weather had cleared. You could see the entire city! Kirishima Jingu was also very beautiful, despite the rain. At the Kurozu place we tried some of the vinegar... I don't see how anyone could drink that stuff ~_~ 

Two weeks after that was the Eibungakkai. The first of several presentations I've had to/have to do. It seemed to go ok, I guess... Everyone said it was ok, I'm not so sure though >_> Other than that though, not much has been going on. I had my America-Europe Culture course presentation on Tuesday. Before that me and my group were meeting up frequently to get that finished. I've found that, apparently, what people here think of as an appropriate presentation is not at all what we'd be expected to do in America. Standing in a corner, reading off of a sheet of paper, looking down the entire time? Yeah... I was quite shocked by the unprofessionalism, but it worked in my favor since I'm bad at giving presentations, especially in Japanese!

Oh yeah! Sunday me and my tutor, Ayaka went to the Hirakawa Zoo here in Kagoshima. It was much better than the one in Sapporo.

 He was my favorite *_* Look at those eyes... I've never been to a zoo with a panther before... Such a gorgeous kitty!

Recently we were also given our book and transportation cards! It's about time, tbh.

Because of these I've been doing a lot of shopping hahaha. Buying a ton of books. I gotta make sure I spend all 50,000yen by the time I leave.

I bought this stuff from Kinokuniya last Saturday! Today I went to another bookstore in Tenmonkan, Maruzen. It was a much better book store, so I'll probably spend the rest of my book cards there hahaha. I haven't taken pictures of the stuff I bought there yet :) I also recently made a big order on amazon.co.jp. I found all of Harry Potter in Japanese for about $25usd! I don't know how I'm going to get them home, but I'll figure it out somehow hahaha. 

That's about all that's been going on... I'll have more to post when I get back from Tokyo on Monday :D