Since I don't write regularly diary-like about what I've been up to in each day, here's a compilation of some of the highlights of my free time activities so far. There's surprisingly much to do without having to travel too far, and since I've adopted the "I have plenty of time for sleep in Finland" -mentality, I tend to say yes to everything and hardly have any time to feel bored. :D

So here in Japan there are two major religions, buddhism and shinto, which seem to co-exsist in a perfect harmony considering that we had our school starting ceremony in a buddhist temple (otera) and yesterday the school had a field work day so we visited a shinto shrine (jinja). The amount of shrines and temples is quite surprising, they're literally everywhere.