Oh the places I've been part two...

Here is the second part of my Spring Break Japan Tour. 

Here is Kyoto. Above is the Golden Temple.
Right: The Philosopher's Path

        People love cherry blossoms in Japan!!! The next part of the trip we traveled to Hiroshima.

The Hiroshima Peace Dome

Miyajima 

        

The next part of our trip we went to Iki Island off of Kyushu. It was a great little island, I think we were the only foreigners on the island. People really liked to stare at us. But what's new....  

the view from our hotel room. 

Literally what I ate for breakfast at our hotel. 

We found a dolphin park. 

Monkey Rock... I wonder how they came up with the name?

Lovely beaches! 

Aleece and me

Our boat back. We had a great trip and were able to see a lot of Japan! 

Oh the places I've been...

Sorry it's been a while... I've been busy traveling around Japan. I have now been to all four major islands of Japan. Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kuyshu. I figure I am doing pretty good in my Japan travels. The last week of March and first week of April our school had our spring break. I have two different friends come to visit from the states during this time. I am now a certified tour guide... The first week my friend Nathan came to visit. Here are some pictures of his visit. 

Endoshima 

 Endoshima

Tokyo Tower 

The first week Nathan we here I was in work still so we made a few little trips near Yokohama. We visited Endoshima and Tokyo Tower. The next week I was off of school so we traveled to Nagano and Yudanaka to visit the snow monkeys. After Nagano we took a Shinkansen to Nikko. Nikko was pretty cool. The temples were awesome and so was Lake Chuzenji.

 The original hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil monkeys. 

This trip was really fun. We got to see a lot of history, a cool lake, two waterfalls, and to top it off we found the best fish hatchery ever.
Once we got back to Yokohama we went to a garden to see if the cherry blossoms had started.

There were a few blossoms but most were still not opened up. The next day we went to Lake Ashi and Odawara Castle. 

Overall this was a great trip with Nathan. We saw some really old things and some really amazing views.