Monday 3/8:
After my last whole weekend with Kojiro it was time for my last party with my lab friends. They were arranging a farewell party for me that Monday after school, free of charge for me and everything. We went to a nice izakaya and ate and drank more than enough, and after a lot of us went to a second izakaya for a second party with more food and drink (standard procedure).
It was kind of sad at times, since I really didn’t want to say farewell and leave Japan, but most of the time was merry :P They even had a parting gift for me, an origami booklet in both Japanese and English, and lots of pretty origami paper! It was such a nice gift, and was super happy for it. In addition everyone made me a crane or other origami for a gift to. Masakazu taught me how to make my first crane and Nagao, my tutor true this whole year made some really かわい cranes, six of them from one small paper, in pairs!
The red one in the middle is my first crane ^^
Origami is really fantastic, and seeing what people can make really makes me want to learn to. Here are some examples made by Jocke, another fellow YSEP student, enjoy : )
