Weekend Madness

Another busy weekend. On Friday we went with our friends Kawakami & Yano to Awaji Shima, an island about an hour away from Kobe. It's a very beautiful island with lots of trees and flowers. A very large bridge connects it to the mainland though so it is usually crowded with visitors. The island's special food is onions. Even Hello Kitty loves them.
Tamanegi Kitty

Our main destination was a theme park called England Hill. It's a big stretch of land with rolling hills and a deep blue lake. It has a large flower nursery, horseback riding, pedal boats (swan shaped) on the lake, arts & crafts, and a collection of animals that, strangely enough, were mostly Australian. The main attraction is sheep shearing which is done by an unfortunate British boy who was beet red from the sun.

Park Security

Mass transit

The Bee-line Express

These adorable wallabies apparently swam all the way to England before being captured and put on display in Japan

Tragic rolling accidents always happen when you least expect them.

This guy doesn't miss a spot

Kawakami-san and his magic CUBE.

We joined Kawakami and Yano again on Saturday for dinner at their apartment. They live very close to us (10 mins by bicycle) which is very handy. Besides a great dinner of Okinawan food and cold beer we got a chance to try out a new PS2 game they recently got. It uses a motion capture camera called an 'Eye Toy'. Then you watch the TV and interact with the virtual world. Great party game.
What is the Matrix?

We're getting closer to Lawnmower Man every day

On Sunday I had 1 afternoon wedding in Tokushima then it was back to home for a dinner party with a few more friends. Shige & Chika are getting married next year in Guam (omedetou) and we talked about their plans. Yukiko & I are planning to go. It'll be nice to relax and enjoy the beaches, something we were really to busy to do at our wedding.