On the way to the tip of the peninsula, we visited a seaside aquarium (pictures going up on facebook soon). I've gotta say, I didn't know penguins were so awesome, they can just shoot out of the water and land on their feet, ready to waddle about their business!
When we arrived at the tip of the peninsula, everyone was starving. We decided to eat at a cheap, traditional sit-down restaurant located at the end of a row of stores. I had some octopus in my Ramen, and a bottle of hot sake to help me enjoy the view. Afterwords, I decided to buy a black, stylized bokken (wooden training sword) and a souvenir for Tianna.
The tip of the peninsula itself marks the 40th degree north latitude... yeah yeah boring I know. But what's neat is that there are a series of rock formations that line up to mark the latitude line. These rocks are split down the middle, and when you stand in such a way to see through the split on all the lined-up rocks, you know you are standing on the latitude line.
We were all pretty tired on the return trip, but after returning the rental car we decided to do Purikura! I'll never get tired of these japanese photo booths, they're insane and adorable. Dinner was a sampling of sushi, yakitori (meat stick), fried rice, pizza, and salad (plus sake and ice cream for myself) for about 1000 yen per person. So cheap!
The cab at Wada Station couldn't take all 5 of us back to AIU, so Weston and I saved some money and made the hour walk home. All in all, it was a fantastic day trip and I've pretty much decided where I will retire. My grandkids are DEFINITELY getting a visit from the Namahage a.k.a. Evil Santa.
Sounds like an awesome time! I'm so jealous, it seems like you get to eat these amazing foods all the time... when I was in japan, I was with a tour, so we were constantly rushing from place to place and I didn't get to experience the japan the way you're now.
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