Sunday, May 6, 2007

A restful day, Bentenjima and Ryugashido

After the hectic pace of walking in Nara, we had a mellow first day back in Hamamatsu. We drove around Lake Hamana down to Arai near where I used to work, then we stopped off at Bentenjima to see the Torii in the water. In the background you can see the Highway 1 bypass.
I then took them to witness the joy of shopping at Aeon Shitoro, the big box shopping mall that most people go to in this area. Here you can see the ladies picking out their favorite Hello Kitty merchandise. Ah... Kitty Chan!
The next day we took our way out to Inasa City to see the naturally formed caves. The man at the booth seemed pretty excited to see some foreign visitors and offered to take our picture for us, nice guy! I already have a bunch of picture from a previous visit (which will probably find their way into the blog one rainy day) so I only took two pictures. Here is the other one....
It was a nice start to the trip in Hamamatsu and a good break from the number of temples they had already seen. But of course I would take them to another temple next!

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