Wednesday 25th April... it's almost Friday!!!

Tomorrow is my last day of school for a whole 10 days and as of Monday, every single Japanese person will be enjoying one of Japan's busiest holiday seasons - Golden Week. More importantly for me, David will fly out to Japan on Friday for his third and final visit! Whilst living in Japan I have come to notice the kindness and generosity of so many people I meet on a daily basis but there is one Nihonjin that sticks out from the rest... Makoto, my English student who I meet with twice a week. When he heard that David and I were planning to do a little travelling this time, he insisted that we don't hire a car as he would simply give us his car for as long as we need it! His lovely, spacious, automatic Toyota complete with GPS, air con and CD player!

So, next week David and I are planning on driving around for a few days with a definite overnight stay booked in Kawaguchiko - the lake at the foot of Mount Fuji. We will also be heading to Tokyo towards the end of the week and hopping over to Yokohama for the day too.

Happy Golden Week everybody!