AKPers also dressed up and everybody looked super-rad. Becca was a dinosaur:
Katie, Kaitlin and Chris were witches and Audrey was a dog. heh heh. After everybody got dressed up, they went outside around campus to pass out candy to our fellow Doshisha gakusei. I didn't do this cuz I had to go to track circle, but from what I heard the whole thing was slightly embarrassing but fun.
Later in the night, we went to a bar where one of the Joint Seminar students works. Its at Kyoto Eki and its called something like 'Man in the Moon.' It's a Irish-style pub, I think. Anyways, there were a lot of old, white drunk dudes acting really raucous but there were also some young and trendier Japanese students there too.
Katie, Kaitlin and Chris were witches and Audrey was a dog. heh heh. After everybody got dressed up, they went outside around campus to pass out candy to our fellow Doshisha gakusei. I didn't do this cuz I had to go to track circle, but from what I heard the whole thing was slightly embarrassing but fun.
Later in the night, we went to a bar where one of the Joint Seminar students works. Its at Kyoto Eki and its called something like 'Man in the Moon.' It's a Irish-style pub, I think. Anyways, there were a lot of old, white drunk dudes acting really raucous but there were also some young and trendier Japanese students there too.
We had a good time hanging out. There was even dancing that started at 11pm. The place was small and the old white dudes were getting drunker and creepier and so we left around 11:10 to catch our last trains home.
On real Halloween (Sunday), I went with Katie and Audrey to Tanabe campus (about an hour away by train) for the School Festival. There, Katie and I met with our track circle-mates to play volleyball. The volleyball was supposed to be really chill, but the game ended up being super-unfair since we were paired against the volleyball circle. We lost 15 to 0.
After the game, Katie and I taught the members of track circle about the joys of PB&J. Since we couldn't find REAL peanut butter and jelly, we had to use peanut cream and jam, but it got the point across. I don't know how the circle felt about the food, but they ate it. PB&J isn't a bit thing here and I guess Japanese people think it's kinda a weird combo. In return for the PB&J, the track circle made us try 'ochazuke,' which is basically rice submerged in salty tea. Since they had forgotten to buy ingredients before hand, they ran around to make it from stuff they found at the convenience store. For example, the rice was from pre-made onigiri (rice balls) and the bowls we ate it in were emptied instant-noodle cups. Daha. It was still good, though. It tasted a little like Campbell's chicken rice soup.
The following Wednesday, classes were canceled for 'Cultural Day.' Instead of doing culture-y things, though, I went and hung out with my friends and went shopping...
Since the kouyou (fall colors) are just beginning to appear, on Saturday, Katie, Kate and I took a trip to Ginkaku-ji (The Golden Pavilion). The weather was stellar and it was my first time at the pavilion when the sun is actually shining. The structure is decorated in gold leaf and so it's really bright and pretty in the sun:
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