May 28 - More Adventures in the rain.

Well, we found out that the rainy season in Japan has officially begun, and were caught in the middle of it. It's nothing that will stop us from trekking around Okayama, however. 

 

Our first stop was at Okayama Castle. While not as large as the last one, it wasn't in a box, which was nice to see. Upon entering we explored a little, looked out over the scenerty and played with some of the feudal time toys, and then discovered something wonderful. There was a dress-up area where a lady would outfit you with period clothing to look like the lords and ladys of the time. We had to try it. And the results were amazing. 

We grabbed some Japanese Italian cuisine which was more Japanese than Italian and then moved on to the museum which had wonderful screen paintings which weren't allowed to be photographed. There was even a screen painting which had the charted "known world" on it. The Philippines were noted on the map, but no Australia.  

Next we went to the Okayama gardens. These gardens are in the top 5 of Japan, and let me tell you, they were spectacular. We saw giant lilly pads, large groves of cherry trees (not in bloom *sad face*) and rows of tea plants. We awed by the scenery.  

After our feet grew weary we decided to take a break and feed the coy fish, which was an adventure in itself. Click HERE to watch the video.

Seeing how it was Avigail's last day with us, we decided to buy her a gift. As we were wandering around the city we found this awesome pottery shop with handmade dishes. We found this wonderful tray and decided that this was the gift for her.

Click  HERE for a bonous clip of some singers we found in the subway.

Tonight we have planned to watch Spirited Away while dining on a course of Japanese food prepared by the students!

Only a few more days left!!!

Comments

[buehler]

Great video embeds! Wondered...did you catch anything? I was also impressed with how clean the subway station looked!!! You inspired me to go site seeing a little and just happened to be in Dallas - so ventured over to see the Ando Museum of Modern Art in Fort Worth. Right next to the Kimball (Lou Kahn, of course) which is under construction - adding a wing designed by Renzo Piano. Ando was awesome. A few more days and you'll be back in the USA! Think about having a party for those old folks you left home so you can show all of us all your photos and tell us your stories!!!

[Charlie Wetherington]

Really looking forward to you guys & gals getting home safe. I won't be there to welcome you home :-( I am in Pittsburg ,PA right now and go home through Mentor, OH. I won't be home til Fri eve
I trust Alicia to have some AWESOME pictures!!

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