Summer vacation has started for Japanese students! It usually starts around July 20th but this year, it has begun a bit earlier due to the 3-day holiday on the calendar.
We will have MANY guests staying with us this summer. We're really excited to see what kind of encounters are waiting for us! 😍
This time, friends from university brought their children along.
Watching the two moms and their kids, I thought they had such a wonderful relationship 🥰.
They were so chill, with clear roles established between them, and both kids seemed to be very comfortable with both moms 💖.
This time, a mother and her 12-year-old son came from Taiwan for a week. Apparently, it's a graduation gift for her son, who loves Japan. We also got to experience something new this time. Every time we have guests, they bring new challenges, and we're excited about it!
Our recent guests were a lively mother and her energetic siblings. They stayed with us for 10 nights, which is considered a long stay in our house. Although they usually live in India, they chose our home as one of their temporary places during their homecoming trip.
Japanese stork is the bird classified as endangered and designated as the bird of Hyogo Prefecture.
Golden Week is in full swing, and our neighboring farmers are busy with rice planting. Large rice planting machines are rolling out from garages, and trays of rice seedlings are lined up along the paths of each rice field. Everyone seems to be quite busy.
The guests this time were a duo of first-year working adults. One was from Kansai and the other from Kanto. Their energy was completely different from that of the children!
This time, a high school boy from Singapore studying in Japan came to visit!
Compared to other guests, receiving a guest for one week is relatively long for us. Until he arrived, we were imagining various scenarios, wondering, "What kind of teenager will he be? What does he like to do?
This time, our guest was introduced to us by someone who visited Tamba Sasayama for a sister city exchange program last October. The guest is involved in winemaking in Walla Walla, who traveled some countries before coming to Japan to enhance his skill of making wine.
This time, a father, mother, and their adorable 4-year-old son came to stay with us. I hoped we could all enjoy our time together as usual, but…