Brain and Body Training

It was time for some Japanese “brain and body” training—aka, climbing to Karatsu Castle while testing our memory. With each three steps up the stone stairs, we had to name a fruit without repeating.

Sounds easy, right? Not when we were huffing and puffing halfway up! Suddenly, all we could think of were apples and oranges, and we started making up fruit names just to keep going (Mango-Berry? Totally legit).

But by the time we reached the top, our shortness of breath disappeared, and our brains were in full focus mode.

Mission accomplished!