Hotel Route-Inn Shimada-Yoshida IC

... meter deep cave but only 400 meters is open to the public. There were lots of neat things to look at in the cave. A small turtle waterfall, a rock formation that looked like an alligator, a mirror pond and a 30 meter waterfall were just a few of the things to look at! There was also a coooooold spring that you could put your feet in to relax them. I would have but I wore sneakers that day and didn't bring anything to dry my feet with.

After the cave we ...

... is going to be the longest and busiest term including swimming, school events, late nights, report cards and much more... :o( Need to stuff myself with vitamins... Can't wait to go back tomorrow to see the kids and fill up their little love tanks :o) Ciao Ciao Luv Vicki P.S. Photos are up on Picasa. Check out in the Strawberry Picking folder my little pet shrimps! :o) http://picasaweb.google.com/vickinjapan

Went yesterday with Corey and Hitomi to watch a Major League Baseball game! I'd never been to a baseball stadium before so this was an extra bonus! The mascot prior to the game's start was doing flips for the crowd and was going well until he did a backflip and landed on his face. Stumbled up and fell over the barrier trying to leave the stadium with everyone clapping. The stadium was divided into two ...

Shizuoka is beautiful! Words really can't describe the experience of being here, there's modern buildings, and there's ancient buildings, there's Businessman, and there's women wearing traditional Kimono's. The city itself is so clean, and the weather is amazing. Stayed the first few nights in hotels, while trying to figure out somewhere to live, and at the same time applying for work, looking at rental properties, doing all ...

... in Kanaya. I was not sure if I could see Mt. Fuji on the day, because it depended on the weather. But I tried my luck, because I may not have had a chance to return around there in my life. From Yui station, Satta Pass Viewpoint was 3.5 km away. There was a rental bike shop in front of the station, but considering the uphill to the pass, I didn't rent it. Eventually, the view from the pass was disappointing. I couldn't see Mt. Fuji at all, because of a large ...

... con hijos. También se encuentran los muelles donde descargan grandes barcos, pero lo que destaca de esta "ciudad" es su visión futurista, plasmada en el diseño de cada edificio, entre ellos el FUJI TV, con una enorme bola de mil doscientas toneladas a la que se puede entrar tras sufrir una interminable cola al sol. Obviamente yo pasé del tema. Aún me da tiempo para recorrer la parte norte del centro de Tokyo y acabar en Akihabara de nuevo para enfrentarme a ...

... must have played a big role as well. Their non-stop organized chants were powerful and hypnotic, if somewhat similar to the opposing team's chants. Speaking of which, Sebastian accidently wore the opposing team's colours, and stuck out pretty bad on the home side. whoops!

... as well as some of the usual fare...including toy guns for sale...at every matsuri we've been to, you can always buy toy guns! Some look very realistic too...A matsuri just isn't a matsuri without a gun! This matsuri was really fun! And everyone was decked out in their festival wear, right down to tabi, and many played trumpets and drums. Apparently there is only one official tune to play for this matsuri though, haha...

We take a short day trip to nearby Shizuoka to visit a small temple (reached by climbing 1159 stairs...or a convenient ropeway)...and then for some strawberry picking! We actually arrived too late, but some of the strawberry workers took pity on us and let us do it! 1000yen for 30mins of all you can eat strawberries! Combined we must have had over 200! It was a feat we cared less and less about with each strawberry we stuffed down our throats. Not very Japanese...

... looking at this famous mountain while our feet were being massaged by a machine o_O then we visited a small edo style village where we met some local people and a huge dog!! We had some ramen then we went to a second hand anime and manga shop :) we took some pericura and had some onigiri! He then took us ...