This weekend I went with about 19 other people to climb Japan's 3333 stairs. It was fun and terrible all at the same time. I'm not sure how long it took, but maybe it was about 3 hours round trip. The stairs are all stone and must have really been a task to build, and I must say the cause was not worth it. I think it was a terrible idea, personally. A ski lift would have been a lot smarter.
Apparently there is a larger set of stairs (8888) somewhere around Hiroshima, but those aren't stone. I definitely won't be climbing those anytime soon.
At the top you are greeted by some sunburned Japanese men.Speaking of red things...
Here are the valentine's cards I made for all of my junior high students because I am such a nice teacher.
In Japan, it's customary for women to give the men chocolates on V-day, so I got a bunch of chocolate. I still haven't eaten it all yet 1 week later. Here was a couple of the more interesting things I got...
Yes, that's wine chocolate... and if you eat one of them in Japan you cannot legally drive a car... go figure. For some reason I got quite a bit of alcohol-filled chocolate. I am now trying to plan them into my schedule, because eating them means that I will either be stuck at home or need a designated driver to get back home.
Oh, and one of my teacher's made me some delicious choco cake.
I will now leave you with some images of me and some teachers singing some mean karaoke!
Mt. Kuju the other morning from the front of my house. Just waiting to turn green...
