Me and Josh have had a great few days with our Ho-Ho family, the Ohno family; they couldn’t of been more friendly and caring for us. We had another traditional breakfast this morning (and also some Portuguese cake!). We were presented with
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Once we arrived back from Hōryuji Temple, me and Josh had some free time, which we spent entirely sleeping. The mother of the family originally came from Osaka to live in Nara, and so cooked us a traditional Osaka meal (which included
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Straight after the welcoming ceremony, we travelled to Hōryuji, which contains the oldest wooden structure in the world. We arrived just before closing so we didn’t look in all of the buildings. One of the interesting things shown (in statue form) in
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We attended a welcoming ceremony that was attended by all the local Japanese Scouts that are looking after our unit members as well as 2 Italian Scouts and me, Josh, Stephan, Lewis, Michael and Owen. We were warmly greeted into a council
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We went to bed pretty late (around 1:30) and got up around 8:00 to get breakfast before going sightseeing in Nara. Breakfast consisted of some rice, lettuce, chicken, salmon eggs, sticky potato, and (something spicy that I didn’t know the name of).
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After being 3 hours late, we met our Japanese family, the Ohno family, consisting of 7 family members. We were asked if we were hungry (and, of course, we were!), so we visited a noodle bar where me and Josh had ramen
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Got off the plane okay — the humidity does not go unnoticed! Got on the shuttle train okay, but left Joss behind… Whilst waiting in the queue for customs, a little girl, aged 5, gave me a folder paper crane out of
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We left Dubai airport after a short delay and were served a ‘light snack’ consisting of katsu curry and cheesecake. I then fell asleep for 5 or 6 hours and felt a lot more rested once I awoke! We landed in Osaka
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The flight was delayed from the stated departure time due to the fact that the performers for the Sunderland Airshow were using Newcastle airport to takeoff and land; this did mean however, that we got an up-close look at the Red Arrows
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