Sunday, June 18, 2006

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Catching up...From May 29, 2006

Well, I didn’t get all caught up last weekend as I had hoped, but now I am on the bus back to the airport and then a plane back to Japan, so I should have plenty of time! Where did I go you say? Korea, but that will be the subject of a future post.

In searching for flower pictures, I found Kurihama Flower World. I actually went there for the first time about a month ago. The flowers at the time were in beautiful bloom and I spent hours wandering around. Unfortunately, most of the pictures are useless now because of printing issues, so last Saturday I decided to go back and take some more. Because it was so close, I decided to drive. On my way out the door, Kitty gave me that pitiful look and I realized that I could just take her along. She was so excited! So we drove to Kurihama Flower World and hopped out. Many of the flowers were past their prime, but we kept going and eventually found that some new ones were in bloom. Kitty didn’t care either way, she was just happy to be out and about.

After Kurihama, I decided to go to Jogashima. Shima mean island in Japanese, but Jogashima is connected by a big bridge near my house. I had heard that it was pretty over there but I didn’t know what to expect. Someone told me that it was formed by an erupting volcano. That made sense to me because of the way the “shores” looked and were shaped. I found one spot where you could walk out over the rocks and most of it was fenced off, and there was only a little stairway entrance. I walked Kitty out there and let her off the chain. She was so excited to just run! I don’t think she has really been able to do that since we got here! She ran away and back and leapt over the ridges and scared herself by jumping in puddles. It was hilarious! We are definitely going to have to go back there!

When Kitty was sufficiently tired out, I got her some water and then we walked up a hill to towards the lighthouse. It was a pretty view from up there because there were a lot of waves and they were splashing up against the rocks. When I had my fill of that, we kept walking and ended up at some slotted steps. Kitty would not go down them. After several minutes of coaxing and much laughing by the Japanese, I lifted her up and set her on the step. She was so eager to get off that she ran down. Whew…I didn’t want to climb back the way we had come! Next, we found a really pretty park, but by then weather was changing and it started to rain. No matter…there were no flowers there anyway!

On Sunday, as I wrote before, I decided to go to Tokyo. After sitting in the Emperor’s garden, I did some more wandering around. The grounds were beautiful, but there were no flowers at all! I still took pictures because it was pretty, but I didn’t stay too long after that. On the way back, I realized that I was in Shinjuku. Having just watched the Amazing Race finale the night before, I had to get off and go visit Hachiko, the famous dog. After asking around a bit for the dog statue (I couldn’t remember the dog’s name and couldn’t find it in my travel book) one lady finally informed me that I was talking about Hachiko and that staute is at Shibuya station. Duh! I knew it started with an “s”. Luckily that was just one stop away and didn’t take long to locate. After taking some pictures of the busiest intersection in the world and of Hachioko, I headed home.

All in all, it was a great weekend, but by the end of it, my arms were totally sunburned. I know you are all shocked. J

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