Two weekends ago we decided to drive the width of Japan from Hiroshima on the Pacific Ocean side to Hamada, a tiny town on the Sea of Japan side. It took us about 1 1/2 hours and was about 78 Km in distance. We visited the Aquas aquarium in Hamada and had a great time seeing the beluga whale show, the feeding of the penguins, and the 10,000 fishes and animals housed in the aquarium. It was a huge aquarium! Luke loved the beluga whale show so much that he took 25 pictures of the whales and erased all the other pictures from the aquarium. So... here is Luke's picture of the beluga whale show!
After the aquarium we went to the Iwami Seaside Park beach. The beach was beautiful with fine, white sandy beaches and waves for the big kids and a little sheltered area for Cameron. We met up with our friends, the Stewart family, who are also expats here in Japan with Micron and had a great time rounding up some sea urchins!
As I sat at the beach it was hard to really believe that we were sitting on the sea of Japan and straight across the sea from us was South Korea. Sometimes it seems unreal of all the amazing things and places we have got to experience over the last month and will get to see over the next two years!
Awesome whale picture, Luke!
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