My last day:
My last Tuesday night was to be my farewell party, but unfortunately a migraine struck, before my last class (but after we’d finished cleaning curiously), and I spent the whole evening sleeping upstairs on the third floor of the Dojo. So no party, but worse still, I was unable to say goodbye to a number of my friends . Luckily the migraine was not too powerful, and no vomiting (great!), so I was able to get up at 5:30 for morning practice on my last day.
Last Morning Practice
Kasahara and Justin in Thumb war
Justin and Uchino San
Justin and Obayashi San
After Morning practice we went to Kodaira Dojo for Suizen kai and the Suizen Kai bonen kai.
With a couple of hours then free in the afternoon, Ukai and I went back to Kanda Sensei’s house, where they showed my pictures of their visits to England and Wales, including Windsor (just down the road from my last house in Maidenhead) and Chepstow (near my parents house, and where my sister in law runs her hairdressers). It is a small world. We were also kindly fed with some fantastic home grown fruit (from Mrs Kandas farm), European style brown bread (my first taste in 3 months), and home made jam and marmalade. I was given a jar of the delicious rhubarb jam to bring home, but unfortunately left it in the Tokorozawa dojo during my 5:30am dash to pack and get the 6am bus to the airport. I hope Ukai is enjoying it!
Justin with Mr&Mrs Kanda
That afternoon, I attended my last Kodaira kids class…..
….. and finally my last class in Japan for this visit. I forgot to get a group photo after class, so took some of the post training tea party.
I finally said goodbye to Kodaira dojo,….. for this visit at least….