Yesterday morning when I woke up there was about 3" of snow on the ground, and outside it looked like it wasn't going to stop comming down. But the clouds broke around noon. Anyways in the morning Marudo and I moved some fish around at Muikaichi. After that I went with Yoshie to buy gifts for my family and train tickets to get me to the airport on Tuesday. After lunch I helped Toshihiro install a heater at Muikaichi. When it started to get dark we went to Sanbusho to lock up for the night and back to Muikaichi to do the same. We went out for ramen tonight and afterwards we went bowling and played ping-pong too. Kinda of like a part 2 to Devin's Sayonara party, again we had a lot of fun. But I still can't believe the girls team got higher scores than the guys team.

Today was basically my last day here cause tomorrow I spend the whole day traveling. This morning Takuya and I went to Ohira to make a sprinkler thingy to keep the snow from building up on the driveway there. Next we went to the garage at Nigoro and cleaned up the second level. We burned all of the stuff we didn't need anymore. Yesterday Takuya changed most of the car's tire to winter tires, we changed the last car today before lunch. After lunch I packed my bags and went to Muikaichi to help Toshihiro and Kasumi finish installing the heater there. Then we went to Sanbusho to see if Shinji, Takuya, and Yoshie needed help building the snow shelter there. When we got there they were just finishing it up, so we headed back to Muikaichi to break down and clean the shipping prep tanks. After that we locked up for the night and headed home.

Well, that concludes my blog for the year. Besure to stop by next year (late March or early April) to continue reading about my adventure!

BTW when I get home I am going to try and update the posts with pictures, cause I have a better internet connection there.

Yesterday morning Shinji and I went to Sanbusho to do the daily maintenance, while Toshihiro and Takuya worked on the temporary garage at Sanbyono. After Sanbusho we were heading on our way to Nigoro to do filter maitenance, but we got a call to come back to Sanbyono to help building the temp. garage. I helped there for a little while then Yoshie and I went to Nigoro to do the filter maintenance, and get all of the old green house siding to bring to Sanbyono to use on the temp. garage. After lunch we worked on the temp. garage until dark, then Shinji and I went to Sanbusho to program the auto-feeders He and Kasumi install the day before. We also loaded the auto-feeders with food and tested them. Then we locked up for the night and headed home.

This morning Shinji and I again went to Sanbusho to do the daily maintenance. Then we went to Sanbyono to help Toshihiro and Takuya finish building the temporary garage. We finished the temp garage and helped some customers at Muikaichi before lunch. After lunch we went to one of the Oyagoi ponds that had already been pulled to rake up all of the leaves and ceder needles. After that Shinji and I went to Sanbusho to do filter maintenance, we no longer have to hand feed the fish because all of the tanks have auto-feeders on them now. Then we locked up for the night and headed home. Tonight they threw a Sayonara Party for me, So all of Marudo's staff and family and I went out to eat at a resturaunt. We had a lot of fun.