I decided to start my taxes this weekend and forego Whale
Watching. I'm going to Germany in two weeks for my cousin's wedding and really
have to start working on organizing my records.
So I stayed close to home for my sightseeing. Yesterday,
I had dinner with Scott and Tom after they inspected my house. They got lost
on the way out because they tried to find it on the map.
Map reading is a fine art-form here.
1. all the streets aren't on the maps.
2. all the streets don't have names
3. addresses don't relate to streets but neighborhood blocks
4. maps are printed in Japanese and you have to compare Kanji
characters with your translation -not easy
I'm proud that I've only gotten lost once but the year is
young.
We went out for Sushi. I downed 27 pieces and some sweet potato
tempura! The indigenous sweet potato was imported from China about 350 years
ago and is excellent but there is an export embargo and you can only get them
on Okinawa.
Today I explored a Zakimi-Jo, 16th Century Castle, a potter's
village and the local ValuMart a 24 hour grocery. I came home with some
familiar delicacies and some thing I've never seen before. I brought some
rolls that I thought might make interesting sandwiches because the bread was
green (on purpose not because it was old). It turns out that they are the
equivalent of a cheese Danish. One package got bought solely because there
were pictures of microwaves of different wattages and a number next to them
which I assumed were minutes to cook. I'll let you know if I get surprised.
I'm going to limit the photos in my emails to 3 or 4 to speed
transmission. I'll be posting lots more on my website including higher
resolution ones too. Here's the website address;
look for the Travel Tales link on the bottom of the page.
I expect that I'll get it running tonight and transfer the
pictures over the next week so check back often.
Sayonara
Ray
PHOTOS
Castle 1
Pottery
Castle 2
Funeral Urns 1
Castle 3
Funeral Urns 2
Castle 4
lower res
Funeral Urns 3
Castle 5
Funeral Urns 4
Castle 6
Vistas from Castle
Castle 7
A F
Castle 8
B G
Castle 9
C H
Castle 10
lower res
D I
Castle 11
E