Sunday opened amongst my outset conquest of driving inwards Japan. Being American together with driving on the left side amongst the reverse beingness truthful inwards Nihon is intimidating. General dominion of pollex inwards Japan: ALWAYS remain to the left.
Luckily, my friend, bravely together with willingly allowed me to drive his car. Alas, advice given past times other JETs holds true. “The outset v minutes are scary, together with and then it’s all right.”
One of the driving challenges I endured was constantly hugging the curb. The experience is hard specially when the driver has to remain inwards the catch of the lane together with scathe along. Regardless, driving was a bang-up success!
Upon our arrival inwards Motobu, Jp together with I met amongst boyfriend JETs together with ate at the pop pizza parlor, Pizza inwards the Sky. The identify together with the cost are right. For 3 decent sized pizzas packed amongst cheese, corn, greenish peppers, pepperoni, together with mushrooms, it was almost ¥6,000. Between v people addition drinks it was almost ¥8,000.
At Pizza inwards the Sky, I ordered an orangish juice. Expecting a regular glass, I was pleasantly surprised when I was brought a cube drinking glass atop a coaster together with filled amongst enough of orangish juice.
This parlor is appropriately named because it is on move past times of a mount together with the thought is breathtaking. From this place, i tin encounter Ie Jima together with the surrounding towns together with of course, my personal favorite, the ocean.
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| On a side note, the body of body of water has e'er drawn me, together with I acknowledge the dear matter is mutual. |
After our delicious together with filling lunch, the JETs took off to encounter the anticipated cherry blossoms of the north. Okinawa is the outset identify inwards Nihon where the cherry blossoms bloom. I could non aid exactly hold upwardly attracted to the picayune nighttime pinkish blossom thus beautiful together with frail together with dissimilar the cherry blossoms on mainland.
Japanese receive got a profound appreciation for nature together with it reflects inwards the flowers together with plants they receive got exterior together with within their homes. I also know, specially later on the earthquake together with seismic sea wave disaster of 2011, the cherry blossoms receive got teach a symbol of promise together with rebirth within the hearts of devastated Japanese.
As the cherry blossoms bloom, I experience the dear inwards my catch proceed to grow for those who dear me, specially my menage unit of measurement together with friends dorsum home, together with my newfound menage unit of measurement inwards Okinawa. In my heart, also blooming was a newfound journeying of looking deeper into myself.
While at the festival inwards Motobu, Tim together with I ventured into a nature trail inwards search of to a greater extent than cherry blossoms. I receive got non hiked much (due to the fact the terrain I come upwardly from is flat) exactly I did relish nature together with the peacefulness it brought upon me.
During the nature trail, many fantastic photos were taken.
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My friend Tim is a fantastic photographer, together with his operate is featured inwards my blog. He is incredibly talented amongst an oculus for precious artifacts normal people would overlook. I’ll render a link to his Facebook page. Please similar his operate together with spread the give-and-take around!