Damn. A mosquito woke me up at 3:30 am. I thought by shutting that one window I had solved the problem. Guess I need to buy some repellent scent releasers.

Okay, I lied. My visit school is not in better condition. The staff room is nicer (has a whiteboard!), but a lot of the school is being reconstructed because it’s rather old. I had to get up early (5:50 am) because the trains do not run that often. The train was chock full of students for Tomihi and K’s school. There were some students also going to Shimonita. I followed them from the station to the school. No getting lost, ha.

Classes went well. Definitely a lot lower English level here. The third years understood me well enough, but the first years needed everything translated. They have a classroom overlooking the river! Could stare out the window all day. Some students were quite chatty, but most quiet as usual. Spotted some girls with their skirts rolled up to shorten them ha. Lots of sleepy students too.

My Kyoto-sensei (vice principal) speaks a bit of English here so that’s nice. And both of the English teachers I’ve met so far are very kind and speak great English.