♪ Goodbye it’s time to go ♪ 英会話・英語　アミック

I can’t believe my time at Amic is almost over! It feels like only yesterday I was stepping off the airplane at Matsuyama airport and getting the keys to my new apartment. Next month I’ll be flying back to America, but the friendships and memories I made in Matsuyama will stay with me forever. As I look back on my time in Japan, a few moments are especially dear to me: 

• Hiking up Mount Ishizuchi as the leaves were changing colors thanks to Tsuneo-san
• Successfully eating somen nagashi and visiting some suzushii rocks with Andrew and Adam sensei
• Participating in (and feeling like Godzilla during) a traditional Japanese tea ceremony
• Going to karaoke for my birthday and racking up a ¥24,000 bill  with Andrew and Joe sensei (yikes!)
• Getting invited to Sakamoto-san’s fantastic art exhibition
• Getting a beautiful hand-made yukata from Atsuko-san
• Eating everything fried off a stick during Natsu Matsuri
• Watching baseball dances in Shiroyama Koen
• Playing the taiko game and taking cute purikura pictures at the game center
• Waking up early to go to Dogo to watch the exciting and dangerous Kenka Mikoshi
• Running a relay marathon with Team Turtle2 and taking pictures with  a massive group of kawaii girls dressed as Kiki
• Eating delicious Japanese food paired with wonderful sake thanks to sake master Toru-san
• The stress of planning Halloween and Christmas activities, but then having a lot of fun playing games and making crafts
• Finding a favorite pizzeria and speaking to the owner in Italian (shout out to Pizzeria Dodo!)

I want to thank all of my students and coworkers for making my time in Matsuyama so memorable. It’s been an amazing 16 months and I will always remember Ehime fondly. Thank you for letting me be your teacher. 

-Elena