Irish Choir visitors

I love summer here, so chilled out. Been going to a lot of elementary schools for the last time lately, pretty sad saying goodbye to all the kids. Today I met a huge group of 80 Irish folks, mostly kids 12-16, at the airport. Acted as a translator which was hella fun. At one point we stopped off at a community building in Matsuyama town, and were greeted by a parade of motorcyclists dressed up as samurai- got to translate samurai stuff. After that we went to Ariake town hall where they had a reception with the host families and an indoor gun and cannon salute (which scared the pants off of the little kids). Was a really fun day, and was good to be able to help out- some of the families and Irish kids looked pretty nervous and extremely jet lagged. Highlight: greeting 2 kids outside of baggage claim, who said konnichiwa to us. My friend keith and I replied back "konnichiwa" and then spoke some english which surprised the kids, evidently convinced we were Japanese. Ahh, diversity. I remember you well. Tomorrow I get to join the fray again for some zen meditation, beach going, and tree planting.