On the first day they had an opening ceremony and in the elementary, there was a class assigned to each team at the tournament. So our girls got to go and meet our class and answer questions and they were so awesome with the kids:) Throughout the tournament, the class would come watch and cheer for us during our games and they were so so so cute!
Some of our wonderful girls
and some more:)
They gave the coaches these awesome 80's/early 90's waterbottles so Will and I thought a pose was necessary...
Our boys team getting ready to play. In the Asian leagues, teams bow to each other before and after games and I think it might be one of the coolest things ever.
The area around our hotel was gorgeous
including the spaceship...
One night they took all of the coaches out to an awesome dinner in Kobe. Afterwards we wandered around for a couple of hours so here's some pics from that night.
At one point, Will and I started walking down this one street and we soon realized we were in a red-light kind of district...haha oops.
Don't go down this street if you're ever in Kobe
Apparently Larry is a big deal
It was kind of a bummer to come back, especially since we didn't get to see a ton of Japan. But it was such a great experience! Not gonna lie, based on the 5 days we were there I definitely could live in Japan. Even though it's so expensive that even McDonalds will make you broke I thought it was a really neat place. I love Korea but it definitely had a "cleaner" feel to it and I liked the architecture alot more...less neon too if you know what I mean. Anyways! It was such an amazing opportunity and I'm so glad I got to hang out with a bunch of amazing girls for 5 days in Japan! I mean seriously, who gets to go to Japan for a volleyball tournament? So awesome.
oh i have too many comments for this one post. I will just say LOVE YOU!
ReplyDeleteI MUST find out more about this Larry guy! Hope you are well mi corazon :)
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