Obon

It is Obon and I have one week free to do what I want to do. I spent the weekend watching some amazing videos on YouTube. It's been a relaxing weekend but I must do something during the week. One part of me wants to travel and the other part wants to stay at home and study. Maybe I'll take a trip to Ise. Today I went for a walk along the Kumano river. It's really beautiful, I'd like to explore further.

KUMANO HAYATAMA TAISHA Shrine
I went to the shrine today. It is really ancient and has been well preserved.



FIREWORKS AT KUMANO RIVER

I am getting to know my cell phone camera and can take better pictures. I was surprised that these photos actually came out. I was supposed to meet Clayton and Andy but I could not find them anywhere. Here the event is just beginning. Many people dressed up and were wearing yukatas, especially the school girls.

It started to rain and most people headed home. I saw these four beautiful women taking cover underneath a stall. I asked them for a photo and the owner of the stall joined in. I wish i had a normal camera.


SANO
I woke up at 5am this morning and decided to go shopping in Sano. At about 7am I arrived at a little atation, in the middle of nowhere. I stood on the platform with nothing around me and felt like a space traveler. I got to the shopping center about two hours before it opened. FORTUNATELY Mcdonalds was open and a really beautiful woman was serving at the counter so I had a a MacBreakfast. The girl was amazingly beautiful so I could not resist going back for a second cup of coffee. UNFORTUNATELY I broke my 2-year old promise to myself never to eat at a McDonalds ever again



ISE
Some bad pictures of Ise.

My school.