our favorite part about this beach is that they play continuous music.  american songs. japanese cover bands. you've never heard elton john's "tiny dancer" until you hear it sung with a strong japanese accent.  beautiful saturday. we also bbq'd freshly caught fish...though we prefer raw any day! {fish grilled in lemon juice, white wine, olive oil, and sea salt} hope you had a great saturday too. xox ps I got my motorcycle license! (I was the only ... continue reading...

Have we told you that the island is agrarian and there are small farms just about everywhere you look? Even in the towns that are concrete jungles - there's still patches of farmland. Some of the main crops are brown sugar cane, chrysanthemum, purple potatoes, rice, and fruits...and lots of pigs. Our neighbors are all either farmers or fishermen, or both. Little farms and beach all around us. They chuckled that I was taking pics of their crops of all things and one of them introduced me to the ... continue reading...

the best type of castle ruins are those that you stumble upon up the road from your house {lovely walk} {beautiful, beautiful view. made me late to Japanese class!}   {We have been having the most gorgeous {and seriously hot/humid} days this week!} If you like castles, especially of the Asian variety, I'm sure you'll be seeing more on here. There's over 500 ruins throughout the island chain and a massive intact one down south that we'll show you soon. Happy ... continue reading...