Marine Thaiasso Izumo
Travel Blogs from Izumo
School visit
... with a little bit of help, created some very nice pieces of Japanese pottery. Ethan was proclaimed the pottery king! After we did the pottery we were given special macha tea and Sakura sweet, wrapped in a leaf from a cherry blossom tree. They then gave us some of their pottery. They were such lovely generous people! Everyone here has been so friendly and welcoming. It will be a shame to leave so ...
A Day in Matsue
... blossoms and historic background. All the while through the castle Tyler was telling me he just wanted to go to bed. I thought he was just feeling a bit run down, but then I realized he might really mean it. I asked if he felt sick and he said that he did, so we decided that graham would take home back to the hotel. Unfortunately, he didn't make it back before vomiting in the bus! Poor Graham and Tyler! Hopefully ...
Travel to the other side of the country
... Japanese houses. When we arrived in matsue we walked to our hotel, with it's tiny rooms! We had to wait for a little while to get in but got in eventually. We headed back to the station for dinner and met up with Aida sensei and Iitsuka sensei and discussed plans for our visit to Kashima JHS. Don't know about anyone else, but the James family all had an early night for a ...
Yokota AB is not a bad place to wait for flights
... flight to Seattle, no seats available
Sunday 1100am - went to immigration and got exit stamp
1400pm - roll call for flight going to Elmerdorf AB, Alaska. There were 50 plus seats available but was wiped out to zero seats. What a Bummer!!!
Monday 0400am - roll call for Travis. Got the 14th seat out 15. Lucky ******* I ...
Matsue Castle and Cartoons
We climbed up to the Matsue Castle a 16th century castle which was used as the model for Shogun. We then road boats around the moat where we had to lay down in a few places to avoid getting hit in the noggin by low bridges. This castle is an architectural marvel with the moat being built of stone with no mortar. Each stone is fitted ...