It is officially winter as the mikans are appearing. For those that don’t know, mikans are small oranges and are eaten in autumn. Bags and bags of them are appearing around the staff room and every day there are 2 or 3 sitting on my desk. Apparently taking a bath in mikan peel is good for your skin but I haven’t got around to that yet!
In my quest to become ‘a part of the school’ I have decided to join a club. I really wanted to do something that was unique to Japan and so I have decided to join the tea ceremony club. This is perfect as the club only meets once a week and it involves drinking green tea which is good for you!
I have been sitting in on Tuesdays after school and now the old lady that teaches it has decided she wants to train me too! Apparently this is a really big thing as she’s usually very strict and doesn’t like anyone. The only bad thing is that I now have to practice sitting in seiza (on my knees) for about half and hour – OUCH!
For more information http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_tea_ceremony
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