Shushi and Bath Adventures

So Japan has these public baths called Sentos or Onsenes (I don't know how to spell those so hopefully it's correct). I'm not such an open person when it comes to bathing naked next to a bunch of Japanese ladies but I was dragged along by one of my friends and a missionary here, so I tried to keep an open mind. It actually wasn't that bad. Once you get passed the initial awkwardness it's rather relaxing. There are many different baths, most are like hot-tubs and there are sonas and relaxation mats and all of it is sooooo relaxing. We got stared at alot because we were the only white people there, but even that wasn't too awkward. The cool part though came when we were about to leave. We all were dressed in the locker room and waiting for the missionary to finish combing her hair when this older Japanese lady came up to me and asked where we were from. It's very out of the ordinary to have Japanese be that friendly, especially in a Sento! She asked why we were here for the summer and after learning we were Christian missionaries she immidiately said, "you must come to my house! And I will show you beautiful sights!" She was so excited to meet with us and even went to get here daughter and introduced us to her right there.
We were able to meet with her two days ago at her house. It was her, her husband, one of her daughters, and two foreign exchange students from Korea that live with them. She made us tempora which is basically any fried thing; which normally sounds like it would be delicious...until she brought out the small fried fish (with their heads and tails attached), raw octopus (with the suchen cups attached), LEAVES, and other unidentifiable objects. It's rude to not eat what Japanese offer you so we had to eat all of it. I got really good at swallowing things whole. And on top of that you have to over eggagerate all your facial expressions and so we had to swallow those things and then smile really big and nod a bunch of times and say over and over, "oh my goodness that is SO good!!!! it's so tasty!!! thank you So much!!!" The family was extremely nice and not like normal Japanese families though so I think it was worth it. They offered us into their homes, cooked for us, and talked with us. Later the lady drove us (it's the first time I've been in a car in over a month) to another much nicer Onsen that had spring water in it.
Yesterday I had my first experience with sushi. I met with a lady I met a few weeks ago doing 5 minute english. She also is extremely nice and took me out for sushi. She paid which is a HUGE deal for Japanese and ordered everything for me. The tuna, shrimp, lobster and salmon ones were good but then she started ordering things that were, once again, unidentifiable. All I know were I saw fish eyeballs, and Salmon eggs. And then a whole bunch of squishy tenticles and mushy blobs. Once again though, you can't be rude and not eat something and you must always be happy and smiling. I got really good at chewing everything once and then swallowing it whole and washing it all down with a bunch of tea. Which I've never liked tea until coming here. Tea helps wash alot of disguisting things down so I will forever be greatful of tea. :)
So those are my recent experiences I thought I'd share with you all. Things are going well so far. We have more teams coming soon and so I hope to have a group at my station since it's always better and more energetic with volunteers to help out. That's about it for now!