This weekend we saddled up and went to the wilderness with our tutors. Yes, it´s that time again, where the tutors take the exchange students to ------- (forgot the name of the place), about an hour train ride away from Kyoto. We arrived around noon and started by going to a big park where we played baseball, volleyball, dodge ball and so on. Afterward a few of us went to a nearby onsen, which is a traditional Japanese hot spring bath. Kind of like the swimming pools back home but much warmer and oh yeah, everyone is naked. The water was sooo warm, it just melted away all worries. I could go there every day. ^^ During the evening we went on a ghost walk which was terribly scary :P , after which we had a cultural exchange in groups. Finally we drank, danced, and sang the night away. The next morning was very quiet as we had to get up at eight for breakfast.

Last week was very busy, as per usual, but the thing that stood out was my amazing trip to the movies! On the first and twentieth of every month the price is only a 1000 yen, the rest of the month they sell tickets for the insane price of 1800 yen so on the first of December me and Hanne hurried to the movies. We saw Inglourious Basterds, which was awesome! I love Tarantino´s movies and this one was no exception. :D The soundtrack is amazing as well.
I noticed how at the movies in Japan they don´t sell candy but they have the same kind of popcorn as back home, and also very nice caramel popcorn. They also have ice cream and hot meals (hotdogs etc). Apparently the movie goers in Japan are very different from the ones we have back home, me and Hanne were the only ones who stood ready to go into the movie theater with our big buckets of popcorn and a beverage of choice. Also the movie is not stopped in the middle so people can go buy more candy and popcorn, something that we do back home and it really ruins the movie....
The final interesting part was how appreciative they are of the credit list here. The lights didn´t go on until the list had finished and everyone sat very still in their seats the whole time.
I will definitely go back soon!

That is all for now!
Besos,
Hildur