after the fireworks...

700,000 people attended this fireworks, display, the biggest in Japan, and it was absolutely amazing, sadly i didn't take my big camera, due to rain....so no firework shots : (

a string of kids...

they looked so funny being led along on a rope, good way to walk en masse though!

camp fire..

on the beach

waiting..

for soba, in a traditional farmhouse, restaurant ; )

butterfly blending in with...

my bikes mudgaurd...

praying for...

ancestors at obon... most japanese return to their hometowns where all the family gathers for the holiday...

o'bon

making..

sour plums... the red really shone out in this pretty little garden..

morning practice...

yoga in the mist ★

vegetarian sushi...

aloe vera....delicious!

parched...

seaside fun...

with star fish and sea urchins...