4 days until Nagano

I woke up this morning to sun and humidity and was glad the typhoon was over. I fell back asleep and was woken again by an earthquake. I have never been in an earthquake. It was kind of scary and kind of cool. Luckily we only got one big hit, but west of us had a lot of damage and a few deaths that were known when I last watched the news. I guess there hasn't been an earthquake in 2 years, so I am lucky to experience a typhoon and earthquake in 2 days. My next camp is in Nagano which is where a lot of damage was done, so we'll see what happens. I'm about half way through my homestay and it's going by quickly. My family is so nice and today we went to an indoor swimming pool that was like a mini noah's ark and only cost 300 yen/person (just under 3 dollars). Afterwards we went to a sushi restaurant that had a conveyor belt of all kinds of sushi and you just grabbed whatever you wanted. There were no sushi rolls, just chunks of raw fish or fish eggs on top of a pile of rice. I ate the shrimp with avacado and onions and it was really good. And its only 100 yen per plate which is awesome. Tomorrow I get to go to one of the kid's school picnic lunches. I'm looking forward to it. Last night my host mom's parents came over to visit and it was a lot of fun. They don't know much English so it was a bit of a struggle to talk, but we understood one another. They were very modern which kind of surprised me. I felt like I was with my family. I really miss cheese and easily accessible soda.

4 days until Nagano

Maebashi, Japan