Shirakawa Suigen

The other day, we went to the Shirakawa Suigen, the spring where the shirakawa river starts. it was very pretty and scenic! Enjoy the Pictures!

Update: Takachiho

Sorry for the late addition. Last week i went with the other exchange students to the neighboring prefecture: miyazaki prefecture and we went to the gokase winery and a place called takachiho. The winery was fun and i bought a few bottles but takachiho was amazing. there was a really clear stream that ran through a slot canyon and then opened up and had a ton of waterfalls! it was really cool! Tomorrow, i am going with a class to Nagasaki for the weekend. it is going to be a ton of fun, even though it is supposed to rain the whole time. oh well.

pictures!!

Hanabi!

Yesterday, A few friends and I took the train to a town in Kumamoto Prefecture called Yatsushiro to see their annual fireworks competition. It was far and away the best fireworks display i have ever seen. First of all, there were 13000 fireworks and over 30,000 people. Second, there were so many different fireworks routines, some of which had music, and all of which were very cool! The Japanese word for fireworks is Hanabi (花火） which means fire flower. Last night was my first time photographing fireworks and after doing so, i have found the name to be completely and 100% accurate. Most of the pictures i took with a 4 second shutter speed to give the fireworks time to bloom and usually i caught the rocket as it went up. a combination of these made the fireworks look like large, brightly colored dandelions or other flowers.

Pictures!