Japan ; first day

After six hours of watching the latest movies and sleeping for a while in the airplane, we finally arrived at the Kansai International Airport. We had to go through customs and all sorts of things but it all went smoothly.

When we arrived at the Kansai Airport the hyogo prefectural representative had already been waiting for our arrival at the gateway. He introduced himself and lead us to the bus. Note that the second we step foot out of the airport , it was freezing cold. The atmosphere out in the open was more colder compared to the atmosphere in the airport which was already at a high temperature. I took out my jacket and wrapped it around my body to keep me warm. :P After putting away our luggage in the bus compartment we went back into the airport and walked around to kill time. So of course i took pictures and all. The airport was huge and it was already like a museum.

After touring around the airport, the hyogo representative brought us to the Kobe Harbour and there we took pictures and what not. We get to see the Kobe Tower and other Kobe landmarks.

Here we are in front of the Kobe tower, we didn't get to go in the tower because we didn't have enough time to sightsee.

Then after that we were taken to the Rokusso Hotel for a briefing and explanation on our itinerary during our stay in Japan. Plus they taught us a few of japanese that was proven to be useful. Oh did i forget to mention that during this meeting i had to give a speech. urrgh. it was disastrous. ;P

After all that was over, they brought us to Miki Senior High School to meet our respected families. I, Pua and Narmatha was introduced to the principal and vice principal of Miki SHS. Then we sat in the reception room where we waited our fate. ;P My host student, this is what we call our foster brothers and sisters. Our "host student". ;P well my host student came and greeted me, we exchanged names and he said he had to go to for his club activities and that he will be back shortly. A few moments later he and his mother came and i explained to them about my solat prayer. Then they took me home by car. Their house is situated on top of a hill, it was very cool and other than that it was cold. Most of the japanese house are modern and it's unlikely to come across a traditional house as Japan is an advanced country both technologically and economically. During dinner i was intorduced to the rest of the family. It wasn't a big family , there was the father, otosan, the mother ocasan, my host student Syogo which is his name by the way and his younger brother Junki. They were really friendly and made me feel just at home. Did i forget to mention that my host student gave me his room to sleep in while he sleeps in his brother's room. Aren't they just nice. ;P