Aviation Museum and the Aquarium

John bought an old iphone so now he has a good camera!  Lots more picture taking to come!  Here was our dinner for a date.

We finally checked out the Aviation Museum here in Misawa.  In fact I went with Karlee and her Joyschool friends and then a few days later John took the rest of the family while I was in Tokyo.

On Halloween Day the kids didn't have school so John scheduled the day off.  After lots of contemplating we decided to hit an aquarium about an hour away.  It was a fantastic aquarium with a seal and dolphin show.  We had most of the place to ourselves too.  We only paid a few dollars total for the whole family and it was a great day!!

The kids wanted to jump in with the dolphins so bad!  Here is a sign that was up.....I love Japanese translations.  Sometimes we just read shirts and laugh because of the bad translations.

After the aquarium we went to a second hand store and bough John and I some skis for cheap.  The store was awesome.  The Japanese take nice care of everything!  Then we headed home a different route which took us up to a ski resort and down the mountain.  On the way we spotted some snow.  The kids LOVED it!

Japan- Horse park, roller slides, fall and the Gorge

One of the things I love about living here is the markets.  My favorite thing about the markets are the flowers.  Sometimes I splurge and pay 2 dollars for some of these Gerber daisies.  I get 4 or 5 for the $2 and they last weeks.  I love it!

 

We had a few days off of school so went on a few day trips.  One is called the Towada horse park with some fun roller slides.  The Japanese have the best parks and slides.  They are so fun and free.

I loved the view from up high where we were and I loved the flowers.  The kids loved climbing on top of this crazy shaped slide and we all loved the roller slides.  Although we were boiling because it was a nice day and we had to hike to the top over and over!

I love driving places because there is so much to see and enjoy on the trip.  I love to see this part of the harvest...so cool.

The dirt here is so dark and rich.  It is beautiful!

One of the days we went to the Samurai houses.  It was the least favorite of our days.....the roller slides were way better and WAY closer!  Here is what we saw in the Samauri village.  I don't remember any history details...I was busy chasing little ones!

This wall with holes casts a shadow.

The roofs are cool made out of thick straw.

Our last day we went to the Gorge.  We timed it just right with the fall foliage.  It was beautiful.  I love fall and the leaves!  I missed not having fall while in Florida.  The Japanese Maple trees are incredible.  Of course non of our photos do any of it justice. 

When we got driving up the mountain it was the craziest thing ever.  It was so busy and crowded.  Buses and tourists everywhere.  We hadn't seen that many people ever in Japan.  The mountain was bustling with people.  It was miles up the gorge with a waterfall literally every few yards.  There was a trail right by the road and then the waterfalls right there.  After you get to the top it opens to a huge lake.  It was awesome.  We can't wait to go back when the waterfalls freeze!