Last day with our host families. We started with taking the train to some place outside of downtown Ueda to a hot spring. It wasn't large, and it also didn't seem natural, but the smell of sulfur was enough to tell us it wasn't completely man made. A few of us soaked our feet in the hot spring, and it was really hot. After we soaked our feet, when we took out our feet, any skin that was in the water was red. So there was a line in between normal skin and red-tinged skin.
We then went to another shrine.
After that we went to one of the wonders in Nagano. We went to the last eight-sided building. It was completely made of wood and there were no nails, it was staying together by interlocking pieces. There were also a lot of gravestones.
After that we took a bus to eat korean barbecue. We cooked the beef on a grill in the middle of the table. We were joking about who might get food poisoning because they didn't cook it long enough, I think we're good though.
Then we went to another shrine where we fed giant koi fish, and of course made a wish/prayer.
We then went to a shopping mall where we managed to get all three boys into a puri-kura/cute Japanese photo booth. They were regretting it. We also found the Hot Topic of Japan.
After that, we went to a really fancy place where we had dinner and the closing ceremony. We felt underdressed. We then had to do a small speech in Japanese with our host families at the front on a stage. It was scary for most of us. We also celebrated Glenna's birthday. We had photos from the opening ceremony that we decorated and then gave to our host families and vice versa. Lot's of hugs were given, and there was some crying.
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