Saturday!

S aturday 18th September

Once again it was an early for the majority of the group with me waking up 5:45 am so that I could have breakfast and give even time to get to school with suitcase. After saying some final goodbyes to the host father and sister; I was of on what would the last time I would spend with my host brother. It struck me hard when I finally though about this carefully. Before what was like a train ride that went forever; I was at Waseda for the last time.

Our first and final class of the day was double period of Japanese traditional music. We first listened to a part of the last samurai where the music strongly influenced the strong message of the scene. It was revealed that most of the music was from Japanese traditional music. Then we went through the history of many instruments and also "tried" to play some. After a performance from two musicians; the was it for classes at Waseda.

After moving to the multi-media room, we were kindly greeted by our host families. But not of them turned up because it was simply too much of a hustle to get to Waseda. There was a few final speeches both said by Waseda and Xavier College members. After final goodbyes, photos and taking down email addresses we were off to Shinawaga where we would be staying the night.

We had to take two trains to Shinawaga. The first one we had no trouble but of the second we accidentally spilt up; which made a few problems occur. Firstly only a few knew where we were going and secondly we had not arranged a meeting place. So when we got to Shinawaga station, the first thing to do was the find the other half of the group. After a few minutes we found the other group and headed off to the nearby hotel.

This hotel was massive compared to the other hotels which we stayed in. It was about 40 floors and the rooms were Western style. After unpacking our bags; were prepared ourselves for a great night at Disney Sea.

After catching another two trains we were at Disney Sea which is next to Disneyland. We were on the monorail going past the Disney hotel and then getting off at Disney Sea. The difference between Disneyland and Disney Sea is of cause the rides. The only problem is that there is a lot of people in Tokyo and a of people go to this amusement park.

So we found ourselves only getting about two or three rides for the 5 hours that we were there. I we on the Storm Rider and the Indiana Jones Crystal Skull ride. The Storm Rider was a ride which simulated going on a plane into a hurricane. It really feel like we were in a plane though going through a storm was pretty fun. The other ride I went was a Indiana Jones ride which was like been driven down a cavern with lots of stuff from the movie. It was a lot of fun, but it's just the wait that was terrible.

After watching some fireworks and waking around having a look at Disney Sea, we all bought souvenirs for those back home. We then took our last look at Disney Sea and Disneyland and the same two trains back to the hotel for a good night sleep.

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