I can't wait to blog more extensively about the whole lead-up to our upcoming departure for Japan, but before I do that... I'd like to share this amazing axe-wielding Medieval guy! A student gave this to me on the last day of school here in the U.S., and we immediately came up with the idea to take him all around Japan and take photos of him everywhere he goes, a la Jeff Brown's famous Flat Stanley. So I love this idea and can't wait to take this guy's first pictures at the airport!! Oh, and his name is Giga-San. (Most Fairmount students will know where the Giga comes from!!)