Maybe I need to lay off the noodles.

We have been just the worst at updating everyone on our lives. Sorry. This week has consisted of...

• Binge-watching Kimmy Schmitt on Netflix (in other news, we got Netflix to work in Japan)
• Trying lots of Japanese candy and snacks - good news being that we have found some favorite junk foods in Japan. Bad news being that we have found some favorite junk foods in Japan. Oops.
• Testing out the ramen shop next door (verdict: delicious)
• Job interviews (Joe has a 2nd round interview with Interac next week)
• My first week of school, which was wonderful - my job is awesome

Other news: we are giving our old couch away on Sunday and will finally be able to walk through our apartment with ease. We are also going to play basketball (hahahaha, but actually, seriously, we are) tomorrow with a group of stangers who invited us because they knew we were new to the area. We are looking forward to meeting some new people but not so much to the basketball playing itself. Who knows, maybe we're secret prodigies?

Here is the photo dump I promised a while ago (they are in a really bizarre order...sorry). I realize many of these were already posted on Facebook. We haven't really taken a whole lot of pictures since we've been in Fukuyama but we promise to take some this weekend.

Fukuyama Castle

Fukuyama Castle

View from Fukuyama Castle

My new bike! Isn't it pretty? They picked out a green one for me because I had mentioned that it was my favorite color - so sweet!

Obviously I had to put a Pusheen sticker on it.

My luggage.

Osaka

Osaka

These places are everywhere and they are FILLED with claw machines.

Osaka

Osaka

Osaka

Joe with his takoyaki (octopus dumplings)

Takoyaki

Mirai Nikki

Zaru soba and tempura (fried stuff: veggies, shrimp, etc.)

AHHHHH! <3333 This is my favorite show. Read: not favorite ANIME, favorite SHOW (drama, at least... Seinfeld and Friends still own my comedy heart).

Fukuyama Castle

Fukuyama Castle grounds

Fukuyama Castle grounds

Apartment

Apartment (with the old couch)

Apartment

Apartment

Magic toilet

Apartment

See, it's really pretty roomy when there is only one couch..... right now this space is filled with a couch. But only until Sunday!

Yakisoba stand at the festival

THE BEST YAKISOBA EVER

Festival

Udon (I eat a lot of noodles in Japan... there's not even a picture of all of the times I've eaten them) and more tempura (this was a fried veggie ball that tasted like a blooming onion and it was sooo delicious)