So after waking up and eating a breakfast that was well...Japanese hotdogs/sausage, my host family and I piled in a car and took a long drive!....TO THE YAMA!!!!!!!!! (Yama is Japanese for Mountain! I have wanted to go there since I first saw a picture of Sapporo with the mountains in the background!)
First stop on the trip...a place with famous potato food? Not one hundred percent sure. But I think I was eating like...a ball of fried potato? I try not to ask what I am eating anymore. But it was yummy!
Picture stop! ...I forget the name of this mountain - but it is famous! It is also known as Hokkaido`s Mt. Fuji!
After stopping somewhere else where I bought postcards and used the bathroom and then somewhere else where I ate soba for lunch...we went on a small hike thing!
The view was a lot better than this picture does justice.
Kirei! (Pretty!) Perfect weather today!
My Okaasan and Otoosan in all their cuteness!
That`s right! I took this amazing photo! But it is also so awesome because my Daddy up in Heaven created such a pretty flower! ...but I am still proud of it!
And then we went Park Golfing. I was `Ichiban Warui!` (aka - The worst!) :( But it was still fun.
So - you may be confused as to what Park Golfing really is. So am I.
From what I experienced - it`s like a happy medium between actual glf and put-put. Each hole is shorter than normal but the balls are tennis ball size...
But overall - it was a lot of fun! My host family got a good laugh too as I swung and missed the ball many a time!
And then...cherry picking! aka - Cherry eating! I definitely ate more than I put in the bag.
My Okaasan posing!
Sakurabo!
Oishii! (Yummy!)
Hard at work!
Sakurabo Yama! (Cherry Mountain)
And then after that a looooong ride home! I was so tired but it`s basically impossible for me to sleep in cars! My host sister did though!
But before arriving home we stopped at a nearby matsuri (festival) about bought food for dinner including yakitori, yakisoba, cream puffs, takoyaki, and other food which I just ate not asking what it was.
Overall - a great day!
Another day of `rest` tomorrow!
Looks beautiful - your camera takes nice pictures. Too bad I can't make the "view" one open up larger - guess I'll have to wait until you get home.
ReplyDeleteAllison, my sic I miss you! but i wanted to tell you that you are doing our sisterhood and father justice by thanking him for his great creation. I love you and hope you are having the time of your life each and every day! oh and your SIC -Beth
ReplyDeleteYou`re more SIC!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, those pictures were so pretty! That mountain kind of looks like a volcano though Allison...
ReplyDeleteoh, and in the pretty yellow flower picture, there is a bug inside!
And park golfing sounds awesome! Hitting a tennis ball with a golf club short distances? thats my kind of game :)
AH! There is a bug!!
ReplyDeleteAnd it`s not a volcano! It`s a YAMA!
Haha - you would probably be a beast at park golfing.
ALLISON!! I miss you!
ReplyDeleteIt seems like yoru having the time of your life! I miss you face!!
LOVE YOU BUNCHES!