Friday 9th September

today i went to a large park with my host sister, brother and cousin. we all rode a four person bike where two people sit at the front and two people cycle at the back. we took turns, it was hard for me and Mai because shun and naoto are heavier than us, it was lots of fun though. it was very hot. next we went to a batting range. naoto and shun were good because they play baseball, me and mai were not so good. a game arcade was our next activity where we played air hockey (i won), basketball type game (which Mai plays so she won) etc. we also got a picture together from the photo booth. today was fun was but also a very sad day as it was my last day wit my host family. at the sayonara party when the lynfield college students sung the waiata and the sakura song, all our practising paid off! lots of photos were taken and there were some nice cultural outfits worn by people such as Adam, shrantrelle, shivani, elaine, Jamie, akari and Mai . i hope we all keep in touch with our host families and have the opportunity to visit japan again someday. i know i will keep emailing them and hope to go to japan again someday.