Just like you, I am off to school everyday! I can take the train to Tenjin which is one of the city centers. Even though I leave the house at rush hour there are not too many commuters on the train. Not at all like Tokyo, where you have to be pushed on board by a station official, and are then jammed in like sardines!
It takes about ten minutes to get to school and by the time I have stopped for a koohii (can you translate?) I am ready for class. The teachers are great, they only speak Japanese in class so if I am not paying attention it is easy to get lost! All our reading and writing has to be in Japanese so it has been a confusing time, fortunately there are only 6 students in my class... or maybe not so fortunate as the teacher soon notices if you don't understand. At lunch time everyone goes to the obentoo shop for lunch and then back to class for another 2 hours. It is all very tiring... because you are always trying to understand what is going on around you. I am sure my Japanese must be getting better, if not because of the classes, then just because I need to be understood if I want to get anything done!
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