Freshmen/1st Year/Study Abroad Students Retreat

The last weekend was jam packed full of fun and craziness. The freshmen and foreign students all packed together to go on a retreat out in Saitama. The location had an onsen, yakiniku, and lots of drinking! It was probably the first time I've drank until sunrise, and then proceeded to help take everyone back to their rooms and clean up the room we were all drinking in. During which, I was still drunk for the most part. A great weekend to be had.

On Sat morning, we all met up at the rotary in Takadanobaba again to get ready to head off by train to the ryokan that we were staying in. (I'm doing this all from memory from a month ago because I was too lazy to write this earlier) We all got together and headed off to the train. Aiko was late, and we kept messaging and calling her. She finally responded and sent an incomprehensible message. We all boarded the train, and Aiko magically appeared. She explained what had happened, which was very interesting to say the least, and we continued on our way to the retreat. We took the train all the way to a little town where we waited over an hour for our bus. We had lunch, sat around, had some ice cream, and our bus finally got there.

We arrived at the ryokan and settled in before we had dinner. Dinner was an all you can eat yakiniku, but the meat was all pork. Still pretty good dinner though we didn't have any time to cook any vegetables. We played some ice breaking games, some took baths, and some rested before the real party got started. Everyone piled into a room where all the liquor was at, and we all sat around and waited for the big toast. After the toast, a bunch of "Call"'s were done for all the people who arranged everything for the retreat. If you don't know what "call"s are, check out my facebook. I have a video of it there. We all started drinking after that, and it was complete madness. I won't mention any names, but most of the people who went were drunk off their asses. Fun night overall. I ended up not sleeping the entire night because I felt it was pointless. Went to see a pretty awesome river and the surrounding area too. After that, we all gathered and left. When we got back, ate some curry, went home, showered, and slept. Great time to be had. The trip was a little expensive, but it was worth it.