My first big adventure...

I just boarded the train to Osaka! This will be my first big adventure in Japan on my own. I'll stay in Osaka to attend a couple tango classes and milongas both tonight and tomorrow night. Apparently it will be live music tomorrow! Then Sunday morning I'm headed to Kyoto super early to see the big parade for the Gion festival and stay the night there for the festivities. I've been in contact with a couple students in each city that are with the same program, and found hostels in all the right places. Wish me luck and happy tango dancing!

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I got to put my dancin shoes on!!

After almost a month in Japan, I finally got to put my tango shoes on and do some dancing!  I finally made it to the ballroom studio in the town where I live.  I joined the group lesson, and tonight they focussed on Argentine tango :)  Although it was just a beginning tango lesson, it still felt so good to dance.  Hopefully this weekend I'll get the courage to head to Osaka and go to their milonga.  

Other exciting news, I felt my first earthquake in Japan.  Last Tuesday I was at home fixing dinner, when there was some loud creaking noises and the building felt like it was rocking.  It lasted less than a minute and I wasn't quite sure what it was at first.  I figured it was an earthquake but couldn't find anything immediately afterwards on the internet.  The next day at work my labmates asked if I felt the earthquake.  It was in the same prefecture I live in and was a 5.5, but what we felt here in Iwade was about a 3 (http://earthquake-report.com/2011/07/06/strong-very-dangerous-earthquake-below-hirogawa-wakayama-prefecture-japan/).