Tanabe Skies and Rainbow

No descriptions needed here - Pyar and I viewed the lovely sky from our apartment balcony.

Sweet Moment

Our Bansai seemed to be coming alive again with wonderful new shoots, we had hoped that the other Bonsai would follow, but unfortunately we were unable to maintain their beauty for long.

Tanabe Neighborhood

Our attempt at capturing a hummingbird on the butterfly bush in Sawabe's garden. The hummingbirds are absolutely enchanting to watch. The neighborhood was full of them in September and some of October.

Halloween 2009

We are ready to go trick or treating on Halloween.

We were invited to the local community center to enjoy some Halloween festivities with children in the neighborhood. We truly had a great time. The people who organized the event were wonderful and we had fun trick or treating and playing games in Japanese and English.

Tour of the Apartment

Here's our apartment! Watch this video!

Down the hill from our apartment

This is one of the mirrors along the road from our apartment. The mirrors are to help viewing the road ahead - though for me I still get nervous trying to determine what is to my right and what is to my left. This photo was taken just around the corner from our front door, about 5pm.

Wonderful Photos from Tanabe

Pyar and car in hand.

Our apartment is between the dead tree and the structure on the left -
you can just see our balcony.

A family walking down the street near our apartment.

Storefront close to apartment.

There are tiny alleys along streets that are lined with homes.
Two boys exiting their houses on bikes headed for the main road.