Oshima

For Golden week this year we headed two hours south to the Yamaguchi prefecture to the island of Oshima. This island has a few small fishing villages and is primarily known for growing oranges. The slow pace of life here was a welcome change from the city.

This was a sunrise on our second morning. It was incredible.



The campground overlooked the beach.



Unpacking/Unwinding















As usual we brought all of our toys to keep us busy.



The old villages felt like they were out of the pages of National Geographic. There were very few English speaking people but everyone smiled and were very friendly.



This was the main street through one of the villages, and yes it is a two way street. Passing the oncoming traffic is a little interesting.










I considered this vacation to be one of my last chances to try all the Japanese things I had not had a chance to do yet. This was my first time to try green tea ice cream. We also tried an onsen (hot spring/bath house), but don’t worry… there will be no pictures of that!!

The water was cold and there were many jelly fish, so no swimming this time.

This was a small cove we found while driving around the island. Check out the blue/green water!!





Aji-san worked at the campground and played baseball and flew kites with us in the evening. He was very friendly. We hope to visit him again before we move home.