There has been rumors....

....That Lady Liberty was spotted in Japan. They are confirmed! lol We drove out to Oriosi (a town near bye Misawa). On the outskirts of town was a park with the Statue of Liberty. It stands at the same latitude as the original in New York. It is also the largest in Japan...I didn't know they had very many of those here!

I don't think it is the same height as Lady Liberty in NY, because she seems a little bit shorter and to have gained a few pounds, but it is still really cool.

I've always wanted to get a picture in front of the Statue of Liberty...but never expected to do it in Japan!

There was a lake and a beautiful nature walk. There is also fishing, I don't think it can get better than that!

This has been voted the best picture of them all

There was also a park with a super long slide. The parks a lot funner here than State-side, but the parks are also a lot more hazardous than in America. I guess you can't have both!

Shiny threads like these have started to appear around the rice fields. We guessed it was to keep the crows away as harvest time neared.