We were hoping to see cherry blossoms....I think. I may have been to out of it to grasp whether that was the goal. But I wanted to see cherry blossoms. The trees are budding, but it is still a bit early.
Towada is a pretty nice town. There's all sorts of things to do, and it is far enough from Misawa that seeing Americans isn't an every day occurrence so people were a bit nicer than usual.
I honestly have no idea what that is.....a huge marshmallow house?
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The gang
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There was a lane, with cherry trees on either side, that the riders would ride down and shoot targets (3 in all) as they galloped. WOW! It looked really hard. I couldn't help but wonder what would happen if someone fell off their horse....I found out. It looked painful.
A nice Japanese gentleman was there who really liked us. He told us what was happening. He and I talked for a LOOONG time. He would tell me who and where the rider was from (because I can't read the brochures provided). We talked about Kanji and we all agreed writing it is hard. We talked about English....he said a lot of Japanese have trouble writing English, I told him not to worry, most Americans have trouble writing English too. lol He asked me what state I was from...Texas. He got really excited because that is where President Bush is from. He was like, "oh! Bush! Bush!" I wasn't sure what he was talking about at first, but then I understood. "Hai! President Bush!" We talked about Bush for a bit. He said he was a good honest man. AWWW.....I kinda wish I could tell Bush that. That poor man took so much trash off the left during those 8 years.
We talked about a lot of stuff! Rodeos, festivals, colleges, languages, Presidents, states/prefectures. It was really cool.
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They had vendors and pony rides...the usual stuff you would expect to find at a Japanese outing. Arielle and I were speculating the price of the pony rides...we laughed and she said, "in America those things are us ally like 5 dollars for going in a circle!" We both laughed. I then asked our Japanese friend how much the ride was, "500 yen." ($5). We found that humorous.
Jr. Archers.....I love the saddle
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A lot of people don't know this, but during the Edo Period, Levi jeans were really popular and in use. A lot of Samurai wore them for day-to-day stuff, but wore the kimono for ceremonies. Oh yeah.
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Um...this is really small...but that is what it was like!
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It was really a pretty park!
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Tables on tatame mats make great picnic spots!
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A fountain across from the park. The bells chime.
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The guy is starting to point towards me...I think he was surprised to see an American pointing a pink camera at him.
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It was a great day! I had a blast.
6 comments:
OooO! A giant marshmallow house! Well, you'd never go hungry living there. :)
It looks like y'all had a great tiem. I will go next year. :)
Great post, Jared.
Dad
I guess not...sugur coma! lol
YAY!
That gentleman was great. I hope we find someone like him on every adventure...certainly helped to figure out what was going on. LOL
Yeah - it was the Cherry blossom archery festival...I expected some blossoms. LOL
That looks like a lot of fun... and educational, too!
we should've hired him!
It was! I love that about Japan, you don't have to go far to have an adventure!
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