Let’s see….where were we? Oh yes, our adventures with Robert’s family continue….
On Friday, kids had only half a day of school scheduled, so we simply took them out for the day so we could go on a daytrip. We had to borrow our friend’s big van to fit us all in and it worked great—lots more room.
If you live in Hachinohe, you know that this is the symbol of this city.
Seagulls….
We couldn’t help taking our visitors to Kabushima island and Tanesashi coast. Only 40 minutes away from Misawa, it’s a place that you should not miss. We have been to Kabushima a number of times, mostly in March/April. Kabushima is a small, uninhabited gourd-shaped island 0.8 kirometers in circumference. Every year black-tailed gulls migrate to this iland in early March and start breeding. By June, their eggs hatch—that’s when I want to go again.
Kabushima Shrine is on top of the hill. It was not raining that day.
Did I mention before it was not raining that day?
Enjoying the view….. lucky me….
Good thing it was easy to wipe off from my coat-hahaha.
Picture time for Everett.
That’s the coastal area that got damaged last year.
A few minutes further along the coast Tanesashi beach meets the eye. Kids spent quite a while climbing over the rocks and playing in the sand. Grandma did too. Beautiful day!
And look at what James found—clam shells..
See? We everyone picked up quickly on Japanese picture sign.
Troublemakers.
We walked down to the ocean to Shirahami beach.
Found a part of a boat, perfect to play pirates…
And then playing tsunami… Only half of them stayed dry—it was not natural for the older boys to be non-adventurous.
Grandma and James.
I bet she is very proud of her wonderful kids.
“Good bye, ocean” picture.
By the time we were done with the coast, we were pretty hungry…and we knew the perfect place to go to in Hachinohe. That our first time as well, but from what people were saying about that restaurant, we were very excited. In Misawa, we have a buffet places called Viking. They have two bigger ones in Hachinohe, and that’s were we went.
Prices for lunch were excellent considering it was all-you-can-eat kind of deal. They had a dozen kinds of different meats, some Japanese noodles, rice, soups, salads, sushi and dessert. Oh! And you cook your own meet on the grill in the middle of your table. PLUS they had their own cotton candy making machine!
We were so busy eating..for almost 2 hours that we didn’t take any good pictures…we were stuffed. I don’t think anyone wanted dinner that night-haha.
On the way home, in order for us to get some exercise after our huge meal, we stopped at the Statue of Liberty Park in Oirase town.
I believe Grandma got quite a work out, or at least a good stretch for her joints.
James managed to stay on his feet the whole way down. Kids had so much fun again.
And of course, picture with the Tallest Statue of Liberty in Japan.
It was a busy day and we got to see a lot of beautiful areas. Everyone was exhausted and it was almost a good thing that the next day’s snow storm forced us to stick close to home. That last day before our visitors flew out, we were able to go to the Misawa Souvenir Bazaar and just hang out.
Very grateful that Grandma, James and Everett were able to come visit us!!!! It was a great week!
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