Video Update for Japan

Crackers and Cheese

Here is a video from our first real hiking trip together. This was during lunch.

Fun in Tanabe

Happy Happy starting out the trip to Hongu-Cho to see the Kumano Hongu Taisha Temples. We had a great visit. We swam in the river and visited the hot spring pools alongside the river.

Pyar navigating our trip using the GPS in the car

White Stallion - we named him Silver

Exploring our City

Pyar driving and reminding himself to ''stay on the left''

Used car lot
Look at the size of the cars. The roads here in our neighborhood are not all accessible by cars, but those that are are very small and thus a small car is required. We however, get around on our bikes or walking. The city of Tanabe is such that we do not have to have a car and thus only rented the one for our trip to Hongu.

We rented a car for the weekend and this is our first experience driving in Tanabe. This is one of our main grocery stores at O'City, we access it from the top of the hill where our apartment is located.

Tanabe Apartment Photos

Evening photo from our apartment balcony first week

Our wonderful friend and neighbor, Sawabe has a garden just below our apartment and gives us great vegetables almost every day. Pyar picking our edamame.

Our kitchen is rather large compared to my last apartment. We have a microwave/convection oven so this is our first pizzas in our new home together!

More Honeymoon Photos

Japanese Garden in Portland Oregon
We stopped at a Chinese Garden in Portland as well which was equally breathtaking. I really enjoyed how you can be in one spot of the garden and not see the entire space at one time. We were told that this garden in Portland closely resembles the traditional gardens of Japan. Pyar and I are eager to determine that fact for ourselves once in Japan.

Sunset on highway in Oregon

Celebration with Trinity Church

Pyar and our dear wonderful Ann Curry

Paulski the Co-Youth Leader Extraordinaire and our Ann "I can do everything" Curry. Celebrating with Trinity Church is an amazing memory for us. We are so grateful for our dear friends.