It is getting late at work so I need to be quick with this post. Need to get it out now as I might not be online until next week. This week is Golden Week so I will be away from work until the 8th. Who am I kidding though…I`ll be hitting up some Internet cafe during that time.
Anyway, last Saturday was May Day and it was a fun day too. I went to Sarushima (Monkey Island) with some people for reasons I cannot get into right now. Top secret stuff but I will let you in on it in the future. Sarushima is this wee thing of an island in Tokyo bay, not even a 10 minute ferry ride from Yokosuka. When I go for jogs, I run along the water and I can see it across the way. Nobody lives on the island but it is a popular destination for tourists and BBQ events.


I will summarize the island like this: beach, tiny food store and washrooms, a few food shacks, old road, paths, old stairs, new stairs, tunnels, archways, mussel gatherers, lookout points, caterpillars, a lot of rain, old war base, a lot of green and moss and tangles, rocks, and a deep cave.


It takes about one hour to leisurely walk from one end of the island to the other. When we got to the opposite side, we explored a cave with the help of the camera lights on our mobiles. Then we had a picnic at the cave entrance to stay out of the rain for a while. It was sweet! And yummy! I tried Mochi (餅) for the first time (I think) and I liked it…some people don`t because it is very sticky and heavy in your stomach.


After our adventures we warmed up with some coffee and then I headed home. The rest of the weekend was spent cleaning and studying Japanese…and a little shopping :) I am very determined to become somewhat capable with the language in the next half a year or so. On Thursday a friend and coworker, Momoko, will take me to her parents` house to meet them. I will probably take Japanese lessons from her mother who teaches to foreigners so I am excited!
If I don`t post again before next week…have a good one!!