peregrinatio

I know I just posted only a few days ago, but I thought I would update, because before leaving Japan, I finally experienced the most Japanese thing ever- the onsen.  Now I know, many are thinking, how did you live more than a year in Japan and never go to an onsen? You see, being naked in front of other people isn't really my thing. And I don't really like hot baths. So the combination of those too things kept me far, far away. However, I have one friend at work who is my room buddy, and she teaches in my classroom in the afternoons/evenings after kindergarten is finished for the day, and she absolutely loves the onsen. After a little debate, I decided that I would probably regret never experiencing an onsen in Japan if I went back to America. The onsen was probably one of my favorite experience in Japan. We spent a solid four hours there. The first two hours were spent in and out of the five sauna rooms that were available, where you wear a little outfit similar to what A