All schools in Kyoto will be closed until next thursday (because of the new influensa). The schools in Osaka and Kobe closed in the beginning of this week.
So we're all been ordered to stay at home and study (watching tv is also ok). Right now I'm trying to practise kanji while watching tv, not really going that well... and that the tv-show I'm watching is showing yakisoba isn't really helping... maybe it's time for lunch...

I'm gonna try and study some more now...

I've been enjoying some time off and relaxing now  (last day of golden week today).
I've bought a lot of stuff lately, I think I might be making up for not really buying anything last year. I'm gonna picspam a bit now ^w^


COnan Magic File 3 (yay!) also I went to see the movie yesterday and it was so good >w< I also bought some goods (desk-thingy-that-I-don't-know-the-word-for and a phone strap with shrunken Shinichi and aptx-pill), uh and I went to Osaka a few days ago and find the book for Magician of the Silver Sky (Kid-sama~) at a anime-goods store.

Yay I bought a tv ^w^ (6300 yen at a recycle shop) I think I'm not gonna get enought sleep on mondays and wednesday (monday Arashi no Shukudai-kun at midnight, wednesday Cartoon KAT-TUN at midnight, Janiben at 00:35)

I bought CDs today. Arashic 20% off, this is the Arashi album I've wanted most. I will bought all eventually (but I still hope the'll do a KinKi Kids 39 style best of album this year). Also before I bought abingdon boys schools first album (I found the limited version at a shop, it has the pvs)

And I also bought this CD; Tackey's new single Shalala (the version with Shalala pv dvd) and...

...I got this pretty poster aswell >w< it doesn't really show but it's huge.

Well that's all for now, I'm gonna watch Cartoon KAT-TUN now~

I'm feeling pretty good right now, was out for a walk earlier in the very beautiful (and warm) weather here. Went by Takanogawa and took some pics of the sakura there:






I went out together with my roommate and three other swedes for dinner yesterday and we decided that we will go for hanami later today (in about 35 min).
It's kinda weird that I am in Japan but still mostly talk swedish....

The test on Sunday went really well, I could understand a lot of the written test and could answer all the questions in the interview part ^w^ (my roommate not so good, she has to take extra lessons this week)

Yesterday was a bit of an adventure. I was gonna go and take out some money and of course I have to do it at the post office... thanks to some very nice people I got to the right place (eventhough they didn't speak english and my japanese isn't that good it worked out somehow).
Also I bought a rice cooker yesterday~ Eventhough it was the cheapest one it's way way better then mine at home (the teflon keep falling of the sides of the container and into the rice...)

Well I should go meet up with the other guys now,
Bai bai~

Went sightseeing in the area today, went to Chionji and Shimogamojinja (the last is on UNESCO's world heritage list) and watched sakura at Kamogawa. It was really nice, although it started to rain around noon. Two pics from today:

Gate at Shimogamojinja and...

...a sakura tree next to a bridge over Kamogawa.

Also the janizu-fangirl in me came out a bit today; I went by a au-shop and they had this cardboard thingy with Arashi on, I just wanted to walk away with it (but I don't think they'd like that so I refrained from it...) also I saw a poster a Tackey in a drug store (no idea what for, but he looked hot in it). And I seriously wanted to buy all the tv-magazines since they either had Kanjani8 or MatsuJun on them (but I didn't since I don't have a tv here).

Well that's all for now, bai bai ^w^~
 

My second day in Kyoto today and I really like it here. I could babbel a lot about how it was getting here, but I'll just say it's really great to be here (even if I still can't believe that I'm really here).
I haven't been down to the central old Kyoto, only been in Sakyo-ku which is where I live (it's in the north-east of the city). I spent today walking to the ward office alone with a map (since there is so much paperwork everywhere in this country XP) and I seriously think I need to buy a bike, you get so tired walking everywhere so I get why there are so many that cycle here.
I don't really lika my roommate (another swedish girl) she doesn't really seem to be interested in anything japanese, I really don't get why she came here in the first place. Anyway I'll just have to live with her (bad pun sorry).
Well the not so fun part is that I have a cold now and my joints (knees, elbows, shoulder don't get any weird ideas) hurt a lot. I think I'm gonna go to bed soon.

So when I was walking I decided to take some pics of a sakura-tree that's quite near where I live, by a small stream:




I wish they had this flavour in Sweden, I really like it:


And isn't the katakana title cute ^w^

Btw I love hyakuen-shops.
Bai bai~