Class, class, class

Not a whole lot to report on, since I've just been in class all the time the past few days.  I'm currently writing a two minute speech on how not to be an offensive person when you're sightseeing at shrines, which I might post here once I turn it in.  Otherwise, it's been a lot of reading and memorizing vocabulary and watching the news and pounding my head against things because I don't know much political vocabulary.  (The election was this week, and LITERALLY ALL THE NEWS has been about that.)

Since I am a boring person with nothing particularly interesting to talk about, let's have a true or false!  Anyone who gets all the right answers will get...a fabulous prize to be arbitrarily decided upon by me.  Yaaaaay.

True or false: You will very rarely see Japanese people wearing anything that reveals their shoulders, even in summer.

True or false: In Japan, you stand on the left side of the escalator and walk on the right.

True or false: You can buy all of the following items at convenience stores in Japan: batteries, shampoo, notebooks, sandwiches, razors, fresh vegetables.

True or false: It's common to hear American pop songs in Japanese stores.

True or false: All of the following are foods closely associated with summer in Japan: watermelon, eggplant, squash, cucumbers, persimmons, figs.

True or false: The LDP just lost seats in the Diet.

True or false: Wearing a hat is the most common way of protecting oneself from the sun during the summer in Japan.

True or false: Tanning is considered unattractive in Japan.

True or false: Japanese deodorant is significantly stronger than American deodorant.

You have until whenever I post my next post to pick your answers.  皆さん、頑張って！