This picture is so nostalgic! In the back you can see the way they sit in order to see a Kabuki play – it’s organized like a large checkerboard where you can sit inside each individual square. I didn`t understand a lot of the explanation that was given, but it was an awesome place to visit nonetheless. The squares at the top are imported from all over the country, and a lot of them have a lot of history and backstory to them. Just one picture doesn`t really do justice to how majestic the place really is.

The gorge at the south of Kumamoto Prefecture was absolutely breathtaking. The weather was awesome, the scenery was nice – it even smelled amazing! It was an hour and a half or so back and forth, but I wish we could have stayed there longer. The only way I can describe the gorge is as if a samurai chopped a mountain in half. It was such a breathtaking sight of nature.

Who would`ve thought you would be able to visit a beer distillery for Japanese culture classes. Absolutely wicked!! Although the tour was not very long, it was cool to see how it all came together. It was a new experience for me, and the more we walked through the distillery the more I understood why alcohol culture is so important in Japan. At the end we were able to get free samples – as many as you could drink for half an hour. Needless to say the bus ride home was a lot more rowdy than the one there.