Have you seen Japanese fans cleaning up the soccer stadium?
Or the athletes cleaning up their locker room after their use?

You wonder where that custom comes from???

Well, the day came that the delegation is returning home after a 12-day stay in Japan.

The delegation from Walla Walla City came to Tamba Sasayama will soon return home after a 12-day stay.

That's right! There were dinosaurs in the Tamba area!

On the second day of the visit of a delegation from our sister city in the U.S., Walla Walla, WA, we had the opportunity to experience harvesting black edamame beans, which are in season now.

From October 12 to 23, a delegation from Walla Walla, Washington, USA, came to visit Japan!

This time, an Australian boy living in Japan visited us.
Actually, he is a friend of our children and has visited us before.
He came to the Kansai area to take care of some business and stopped by our house.

This time we had one guest, a woman from Kochi Prefecture.
She drove 4 hours to come here.
It was her first trip alone, being away from home without her high school child and husband.

This time, through an acquaintance, a high school student from China came to stay with us.

We had the second set of guests this summer vacation.
This time, it was a mother and her two chatty girls, ages 4 and 2.