Yesterday Alyza and I took a bike ride to Mizushima! It was about a 10 mile ride up a few mountains on a winding road. To say the least, it was tiring, hot and difficult! Very scary, but afterwards I felt really good about going through with it. Then there was a ferry ride from the town to the island. The island was very small, but very ( Read more... )

Over this past weekend (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) the Japanese celebrated the Buddhist festival of Obon. Many people take off work and college students return to their family homes to celebrate this festival. While I do not know a whole lot about the festival, it has the same basic principals as the Mexican "Day of the Dead". It is a time ( Read more... )

The pine forest and beach are a 5 minute walk from my house. Yesterday, I had a meeting in my school in the morning for a few hours, went to get internet, and then went with my Alyza (I hope I spelled her name right!) Here are some photos of the pine tree forest and the beach!

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( Pine tree forest and Matsubara beach )