Adventurous Weekend

This past weekend was rather busy. There was a bus tour for the international students on Saturday and hiking on Sunday. The bus tour first took us to the disaster preparedness center, were we got to try out simulations or different situations. There was a room with smoke in it where you had to find your way through as if you were in a fire. My friend and I had a little bit of a hard time with this part. No one should ever paint their house purely white inside just in case they have to find their way out when it is smoky, it's rather difficult. There was also an earthquake simulation in the back of a truck. A group of four would sit in the simulation room and it would show you the straighten of the earthquake it was simulating. It was pretty cool~ We got to tour around the different emergency vehicles as well. While one group was looking at an ambulance it was called out to duty.
Once we were finished at the disaster preparedness center, we ate lunch near a field of cosmos flowers. There was some sort of event going on there as well because there was a bunch of booths and a stage with people preforming. After we ate lunch we went of a tour of the burial grounds that were around the fields of cosmos flowers. We also visited the museum of history or the burial tomes and the surrounding area. On the bus ride back to school there was the option of Karaoke but I think everyone just wanted to sleep after such a busy day.

Sunday was the day of hiking. We traveled to Inohae valley about 50 minutes away from the campus. The group organizing it was a international student association where Japanese and international people staying in Miyazaki can go to events together. It is a good way to meet new people and make new friends. The valley was beautiful, we hiked a long the edge of a river up to the top where there are a series of three or four waterfalls. We criss-crossed back and forth over the river about six times a long the hike so we had a nice view of the river. Once we made it to the top we had a few snacks before we started the hike back. The full hike was only 5km, about 3miles, so we were able to have a nice leisurely hike through the woods.

The weekend was very fun but very busy. I am glad that I am meeting people and being able to see different sights around Miyazaki at the same time. I hope that my stay here continues to be an adventure!