I am posting Day Two before day two is over. It's 4PM and we're home drying out before heading out to dinner. Well, let me start from the beginning.
I started the day with a 5 mile run again. It was overcast and warmer than yesterday. Curtis made us pancakes and then we all loaded the bus to head to church. The service was nice and everyone was so friendly and welcoming. In fact, we hung around afterwards talking so much that we missed our bus back and decided to walk half the way.
While walking we came upon this cemetary. The story is that they burn the bodies and then let the relatives pick out the bone fragments with chopsticks and that is what you see buried here. Just bones. Can you imagine how sad that would be to pick out your mother's bones??
After the cemetary, we caught a bus back home to change for the ballgame. That took a little while because we got reports that it might rain and we wanted to be prepared....so we all bundled up and got raincoats and umbrellas and hopped on another bus.
Once there it started sprinkling. Then the wind blew. Then the rain came in. Did I mention the rain was blowing and it was raining??? Good thing ponchos were only 300 yen (about $3.00). The pictures tell the rest of the story. And yes, I was eating Yakisoba with chopsticks in the pouring rain.
Right now we are drying out (and trying to keep mom and dad awake.....they made the mistake of waking up at 3AM and actually getting up!) and tonight we're going out to dinner at Shabu Shabu. Tomorrow...not sure what they have in store, it's going to rain again! Probably some souvenir shopping.
4 comments:
Hi my dear family ~ It looks like y'all are having a barrel of fun...even in the rain. Phil & BA, you look a bit worn out, you need to sleep at nighttime. Teresa, I love the pic of you eating the yakisoba in the rain. I'll have to put a caption to what Austin might be thinking as he watches...lol! What an adventure & how lucky are y'all to have such great tour guides? I'm looking forward to our Monday adventure...Love to all
Can't wait to see what you do today! (That sounds so weird...day is more than half over here, but just starting for you!) Is Austin having a blast? He looks so happy in all these pics...again, I'm so glad you two got to do this (I'm so excited for you, you'd think it was my kids hanging out with you in Japan! LOL)
BTW, tell Curtis and Deanna the "tops" game at the "Festival of Families" event at Ty's school was the big hit...next to the mini-golf in Istanbul (which I still haven't figured out the relationship there!) Tell them thank you very much for their help!
Keeping up with you daily...write soon! Love ya!
Hi Phil
I have been following your adventures every day. Could I ask a favor please. I have a friend in Germany who collects postcards. I was wondering if I could ask you to buy me one post card. I know he would love to have one from Japan for his collection. Thanks. Look forward to your next days adventure.
Betty Kunz
Hi Teresa - I'm Jenn's mom, Annie. I loved reading about your trip. You take wonderful pictures. I have a niece by marriage who is from Osaka. She was my nephew's Japanese professor when he was in college and they later married. They go back to Japan a LOT. It wouldn't surprise me to see them move there. Her name is Noriko, and her past is quite interesting. She was the last of 14 children - and the only child who survived. All the other children were either stillborn or died shortly after birth. Her father (recently deceased at 90+)and her mother were at Hiroshima, and they think the fallout was the reason they had such difficulty having children. Anyway, my nephew, Jeff, said he would love to accompany us on a trip to Japan, and after seeing your pictures, I may have to take him up on that. Noriko's home/birthplace is an old inn built in the 1100s. Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful pictures and travel info. Hugs, Annie
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