Our Life in Japan: beaches

During the Spring/Summer season, we went on a weekend trip with the Raus to Yashima. Here we got to swim with dolphins! (sorry, no photos to show you.) We had a fun time sight seeing, visiting the aquarium, and mostly playing in the beautiful ocean.

Here you could buy little clay stones and transfer any bad thoughts, worries, stress, negative feelings, or whatever you wanted into the stone and then throw it off the side of the mountain. I loved the concept of just "letting go" of your worries and troubles.

Here's Mike about to throw his worries off the side of the mountain.

Here we are with the Raus with the blue ocean behind us.

The beach at Yashima. Here we found all kinds of sea life including jellyfish, turtles, slugs, and sand dollars. We also found sea shells and other "treasures!"

About Us

Four months after we were married, we moved to the city of Marugame, located on one of Japan's southern islands called Shikoku. Our purpose of going there was to teach English as a second language. We worked for a small, private juku run by Fumi Morimura. As her school began to grow, she eventually bought Marugame International Academy and we worked under that company's name for the remainder of our stay in Japan. We taught students from age 2 to age 80 using our own lesson plans and curriculum. Our experience there was unforgettable. We loved learning about the Japanese culture, traveling the country, eating the food, but most importantly, we loved the people. We made many Japanese and foreign friends while we lived there, and still keep in contact with several of them. We hope to be able to visit that beautiful country again someday with our children.

Our Life in Japan

Beach Sunset

Yashima

About Us

About These Pictures

ENGRISH!