I woke this morning with a sad feeling in my gut. It is my
last day in Japan. My life in this land in coming to its end and truly I do not
want it to. I have grown accustom to the location and people that helped me as
I traversed through these once alienated lands. The peaceful scenery of a
tranquil city bounced around in my head. I sat at the foot of my bed reflecting
over all that I have been through throughout the course of this trip. I was not
alone to. My other roommates were doing the same and judging by the looks on
their faces, they were not ready to leave either. We could not reflect for long
because we had our buddies waiting for us outside of our hostel. Our TnCis group
was going to have breakfast with some of the Chuo University students. Start
the last day strong. Time is our most valuable resource.
Breakfast this morning
was amazing this morning. In my opinion, it was the best breakfast of the whole
trip. It was right down the break from our Hostel on the fourteenth story of
the Asakusa Tower. So not only did we get Breakfast but we also got a view.
This breakfast was like a mixture between American culture and Japanese
culture. They had the regular (to us American) eggs and sausages, but they also
had the miso soups and sliced fish. This is just a small portion of what they
had. As I sat at my table and ate, I could not resist to urge to look out the
window. The view was nothing less of breathtaking. The city stretching out into
the mountain side with Mt. Fuji in the background. I finally got to see where
it was that I was staying at.
On the last day, everyone had last minutes of thing that they
were not able to do throughout the trip. I was one of them. I planned on going
to the Tokyo Dome area and riding the Thunder Dolphin. So after breakfast,
everyone scattered apart. The people who I was going to go with just so
happened to leave earlier than expected leaving my behind. But hey, it was
okay. Don't let one thing slow your progress especially today of all days. I
used this time to thinking and reminisce on the trip so far and then I
remembered that there was Jamaica Festival Today. A few friends and I decided
to go check it out. It funny because while were there, we met up with some
other from the group.
The festival was so live. It was like little Jamaica in
Tokyo. There was music, food, and a lot of dancing. Also there was a lot of
people that spoke English there, it was the closest thing to home since I've
been here. We found the Jamaican embassy and they gave us wristbands. The time
for us to get our final supper in Japan.
After eating, we headed back to the hostel. On the way there,
we say other classmates with their buddies. Instead to ending the night after
eating, we decided to do a mass outing to Karaoke. It was probably the best way
to end our trip. Singing and dancing with people who were once total strangers
but are now best friends. It was heartbreaking to leave. Seeing their faces for
the last time as we all hugged and said our goodbyes. The hardest thing was
when our paths split and we walked away. It was our final farewell
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