We did some light farming during 6th period at one of my Junior High schools. We were digging up ukon, which is a relative of ginger root and is used for upset stomachs and hangovers. There are maybe six of seven more people to left of this shot, but this is pretty much the whole school which consists of the seventh, eighth and ninth grade.
This is Shogun greeting me at the car door as he does everyday when I come home from work.
Today is super windy and stormy and wonderful. It's warmed up quite a bit this week and I hope it stays that way. These pictures are from the school I taught at today. The first is our lunch, shrimp fry, bread roll, Chinese soup and whole milk.
These are second grade students. Quite a few of my classes are small like this but I also have quite a few with 20 or more students. We played a game where I hid a picture of a bomb under one of a bunch of cards that were stuck to the board. The students have to say what's on the card (in this case fruit) and hope they don't hit the bomb.
A portrait I did for my friend You-san. She's living in Taiwan, I'm planning on taking a trip there as soon as I get some extra money saved.
Here ya go Moko. This is a good friend of mine in SF who asked if I'd paint her. 似ているかな。六ヶ月前のと全然違うけど、いつか本当に上手に描くよ。 じゃんじゃん 次
Last weekend we had Walking/ Jogging day, an annual event in Nagata where lots of locals from around the island get together, walk or jog between 4 and 5 kilometers then come back to the school campus to eat Udon noodles. It was a lot of fun despite the cold wind and rain. One farmer let us pick his oranges while we were passing his orchard.
While we were eating my friend asked me how to say okura in English. I told her okra, it was an English word. She said "oh, do you eat it often in America?" 
A girl
This took between 2 and 3 hours. It's of the old bridge here in Miyanoura. The photo is on my blog somewhere. I didn't go into details, I felt I captured the basic feel and learned a few things so I'm calling it a night.
