My alarm went off at 7, just before the main clock started its chimes. The wood stove had all but gone out so it was quite cool. I got dressed and opened the outside shutters and there was a thin layer of snow on the ground.

Japanese style breakfast was a great start to the day and then i had to race off for a Fitgenes meeting. That took an hour or so.

We passed the day pretty relaxing. I got a few work things done and had a Japanese lesson at 2. We had a bit of a sleep too. Okasan and ottosan had to go out to their garden (which is a 10 minute drive away).

Kaoru cut up some sushi to have with dinner which mio had sent for us. That was accompanied with nabe and of course some sake! I practiced some more Japanese and reviewed a number of my previous lesson notes to try to pull things together.

After a bath we were ready to call it a night.