The Shoeless

So I just started classes yesterday, Monday 12, not too bad. Japanese is pretty fun. However I’m not here to talk about classes, I’m here to talk about what I see.

Last week I went hiking for 3 hours, it was suppose to be a 1 hour hike..oh well. That’s what happens when you don’t read directions right.

We started getting lost in this neighborhood where someone redirected us to go through this graveyard…

Japanese graveyard

After then, this nice grounds keeper got us back on the right track… at least what we thought was our right track. We started trekking up this trail alongside a road.

Walking up the side of a mountain

Now we never did reach our actual destination, which was a wild onsen next to a river. We did find a wild onsen though that was smaller but enjoyable just the same.

Esther and Victoria sticking their feet in the onsen

Apart from that we had a nice view from where we were sitting…

View from the onsen

I still plan on going back to find the bigger nicer onsen though!

So, I’m in Japan and well it’s awesome. I love Japan, this is the view out of my dorm room window

View from my room!

I’ve been here for just about a week now, and I’ve already been to a karaoke bar which was hilarious, draining, and awesome all at the same time. I’ve gone and seen the Jigoku onsen, which are the hell hot springs that are so hot that if you were step in them you would die. I also went to an actual onsen that you get in and just soak in for about half an hour.

海地獄ー Sea Hell: 1 of the Hell onsen in Jigoku

and Because I realized instead of making these long I should make the short and more frequent I’ll will end this post with a few from the plane!

View over Russia