Dang howdy, looks like it’s time to continue our romp through Japan! Today I’ll describe our second day in Kyoto and our mysterious new lodgings: Costa Del Sol. Please check for new pictures with every update. I believe this time there’s a picture of a waterfall!
Here is day two of our blitzkrieg journey across Japan. We’ve got four more days to go, and the action is just starting to heat up. Won’t you join us in a few days for the next exciting entry?
Also, please enjoy the corresponding pictures!
Holly and I have just taken a pretty great trip across Japan, so I am uploading pictures and writings about it in six or so pieces (because it is so freaking long). Please enjoy the first day of our Lightning Strike Recon Op across Japan.
P.S. Please look to our flickr account for pictures.
Saturday, August twenty-third was our six month Japanniversary. We celebrated on Monday by having a picnic on Kamakura beach. A picnic on Kamakura beach looks something like this - a rainbow-striped plastic tarp set on the dark volcanic sand, fluttering a little in the breeze; spread out on the tarp are two kinds of sushi, fried rice and yakisoba, some kind of sweetened fried shrimp, and a liter of lemon tea. Despite looming clouds earlier in the day, the weather was cool, sunny, and breezy.
After lunch we walked up and down the shore collecting seashells. There was a lot of trash on the beach, which was a little disappointing. A sign by the bathroom says, “Japan’s beaches are beautiful if you don’t look at your feet.” Zing! Japan 1, Litterers 0. We dug a bright red cell phone from a pile of kelp. Oh well, score one for litter.
After being here for six months, I feel it’s fair for me to express at least a preliminary opinion of the country. We’ve gotten to see and do a lot so far, and plenty of those experiences directly contradict one another. It’s hard to summarize the feel of an adventure from its midway point, so here are ten completely subjective and immediate opinions about life and living in Japan (by Joe Davenport and Holly Parker).
Hello all. We continue to roll through Japan like two semi-spherical objects, wobbling across the landscape and collecting any small plastic toys that make the mistake of getting in our way. I know I need to write about our adventure on Mt. Fuji, but it’s difficult to take such a physical and visual experience and share it with you through flimsy little words. It’ll come eventually, but until then here are some thoughts I had while on the train this week.