Bus Trip #3

Pictures here.

Yesterday I went on the third trip organized by Student Services. I think only about 3/4 of the students went on it (almost everyone went on the first trip, and very few people on the second one because of its timing).

I finally figured out how to turn off the flash on my camera, that way I could take pictures out of the moving bus without the flash reflecting in the window. A lot of the pictures did end up really blurry and I ended up deleting them. We arrived close to the western coast to the ocean and all the places we visited were very "scenic".

The first place we visited was full of shrines. One thing to note, you generally have to give money to the shrines (There is usually box). The Kamis (Spirits or Demi Gods) prefer 5 or 50 yen coins because they like the number "5" and because those two coins have wholes in them, which makes them similar to ancient Japanese money. I ended up running out of 5s and started giving 50s, I better have a lot of luck coming my way. The shrines were awesome, see the pictures.

After the shrines we ended up having lunch at a train station that overlooked the ocean. Good lunch, good view, good pictures. The third place Mt. Chocoate (I think that's the name). We drove onto the mountain which was full of very colorful autumn trees. We also had some great views of the ocean and the cities below us.

The final place we visited was also near the ocean. I actually took a picture of the description written I very nice English.