Here are a few interesting things that one may not learn about Japan without having spent some time here; this includes knowing what kind of garbage you have (see picture and #2).1. In the Japanese baseball league there can be ties. If the game is tied at the end of 12 innings, it ends in a tie. One explanation we heard for this is that most people come to the games by train and if a game goes late into the night, the fans may not be able to get home.
2. You as an individual separate your garbage. There are various colored bags that need to be bought, each colored bag is for a certain type of garbage. Then you put your colored bag with bags that are the same color in a specific place to be collected. They are then loaded by hand into the garbage truck by the sanitation workers. There are no dumpsters.
3. One cannot buy a car without having a parking space for it.
4. Women tend to stay in the hospital/birthing center for a week after having a baby.
5. School kids clean their own classrooms and schools. After the classroom is cleaned, each student has a part of the school to clean.
We have been pretty busy since we last posted, mostly with work. Despite our schedule being full, Erik was able to get some sort of stomach illness for one day (thankfully not on a day with work) resulting is him not doing much other than just laying around. Yoko has had the opportunity to get to know one of the instructors at the sports club we go to and as a result Yoko has invited her to a church event that will be happening later this month. We are praying that she will be able to come with us. At church we had John Scott Evans, a very talented guitarist, visit us and bless us with his music. If you visit his website you can hear some of his music. Erik's mom had another birthday this week, and Erik had a chance to wish her a happy birthday by phone.
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