This June we took a break from the quiet little town of Sasebo, Japan- full of polite people and friendly faces, prompt transportation services, and clean air- and travelled about 1,800 miles to our nearby neighbor of China! In China, we travelled what is known as the “Golden Triangle”- through the cities of Beijing, Xi’an,…
Strike 3!! Baseball has always been a fun sport to watch and/or follow and is fun for people of all ages. We recently caught our first Japanese-style baseball game in Fukuoka, Japan. One of Japan’s professional baseball teams, the SoftBank Hawks, played the DeNa Bay Stars from Yokohama. The set up was very similar to a baseball game that…
In our adventure to seek out our first waterfall of the summer, we went through a small area known as Oseto. Oseto Town is located in the center of Nishisonogi Peninsula, offering chances for travelers to enjoy the beauty of nature and the peaceful oceanside scenery and beaches. Tsugane-otoshi Waterfall This 20 m-high cascade of water without…
Now that we have officially been living in Japan for over a year now, I figured it would be kind of neat to take a look at the country that we have been calling home. During the past year, we have explored and traveled to many cities and islands in and around Japan. It is…
The beginning of June marks our one year anniversary since we had boarded numerous planes to reach our faraway destination of Japan. One year! Wow. Often when people are getting ready to take a vacation or relocate to a new living environment, they usually read up on where they are going. They read things like…
Mukyudou, or the Eternal Cave, is an air raid shelter dug by the Miya village elementary school teachers and students during World War II. The then principal, Ikeda Chiaki, suggested the plan and the construction lasted for about two years, from 29 Aug 1943 to 15 Aug 1945. The cave was designed to let children…
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