Everyone is super nice, and really accommodating. I usually talk to Matsunaga-shimai, since her husband is usually out at work, and the kids are a little shy of me. She's really good about using Japanese I'll understand, but still speaking normally, challenging me a bit. I'm not sure if she does it on purpose, but I do know this family has played host to other BYU students before, so maybe she's just got the hang of it.
School isn't too bad. My teacher is very reasonable about the amount of work, and the type of work, we do. The only catch is the internet thing, which is pretty much vital to our homework. We're trying to fix that. We're planning on taking a couple of field trips as a group while we're here, and we'll be expected to do a couple on our own, and report on them. Two days ago, we went to a shrine in downtown Kyoto and got a crash course in Japanese archery. Just about the coolest thing ever. Today, we'll be going to Fushimi Inari Shrine. I don't know if this is the official name in the West, but I first heard of it as "The Shrine of 1000 Torii." A torii is the gate that marks the entrance of a Shinto shrine, and is pretty much an icon for Japan.
