Last Friday, Meg, Zara, and I went out to eat pizza at a restaurant I recently found here. It was alright -- soooo cheesy! After dinner, Zara suggested that we go up to the island of Hirado (northern Nagasaki) for a fun Saturday trip. We got lucky with the weather and it didn't rain on us -- and we even got about an hour of sunlight!
Not a good picture, but here's the bridge to Hirado. Sorta remenescent of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Our lunch!!! But really, it wasn't the best sashmi I've ever had. Kinda chewy...but it looks good!
So, we drove around and found this random sign to somewhere (an unknown destination) -- of course we had to go! The walk down there was...difficult for these two. :) How do my 3 dollar Old Navy flip flops have better traction than nice sandals? :)
THIS is what we were walking down a mountain to see. Too bad the beach was kinda gross.
The sign was for this little shrine. Zara is being Japanese and souji-ing. :)
After that, we drove some more. We were REALLY in the inaka (countryside). We saw cows, lots of green, and little old ladies driving huge farming equipment (cutest thing!!). Ah yes, and this sign. It says CAUTION!! (CHUI!)
On our drive, we came across this hippy dippy little cafe and we had to check it out.
It had some set-up! I'm sure they have some hard core jams!
We enjoyed a piece of sweet potato (?? maybe, that's what it tasted like) bread...err, cake. :)
We found a lighthouse! And check out the lushish green from up there!...
Ah yeah, and we were in the clouds too...except for this time when the sun came out.
Thought I would throw this in here to disgust some of you. They do a lot of octopus fishing in the water (there are also whale sightings there too!)...here are some dried baby octopus's for your eating enjoyment! No, I did not buy these.
Lastly, we went to Hirado castle, which was rebuilt in the 1960s.
Oh Yosakoi...
Yes, we danced in this thing. It looks cool!
And this has to be my favorite picture of the day! Taken by yours truly! DHOOM!!!!
They had a shrine on the grounds and a shop with these Samurai uniforms in them! Sweet.
On our way home, we stopped at MIKE'S TEX-MEX restaurant in Sasebo. Needless to say, this made me very happy!
Thanks for the pictures, Z! And HECK YES I have Texas pride. And I am PROUD of it, too! Hook 'em!
Ladies, I had a fabulous time with you on Saturday! Next is SUNDAY'S YOSAKOI! Oharu!!
Those are squid (ika) not octopus (tako).
Posted by: Simon | March 01, 2008 at 08:55 PM