2007年10月21日日曜日

Kojima Island

The island of monkeys. My teacher, Iwamoto-sensei, invited me to come a long with him and one of his students to the island. He was helping with a parent and child event teaching about the monkeys behavior and cultural aspects. It was a fun adventure. The monkeys would walk right up next to people and pay them no mind. It was quite amazing. We had to leave a little early because the tide was coming in and we were going to get stranded if we stayed too long. The road to and from Kojima runs directly a long the cost line. On the return trip we stopped at several "road stations". Basically they are really fancy rest stops for people going on drives around the cost. The views were wonderful. The ocean just seems so endless when I look out upon it. We also stopped at the Udo shrine. It was built in a cave on the side of a cliff. It was spectacular to see the way the shrine was built in the cave. At the shrine people try to throw small clay balls into a pool of water on a rock surrounded by the waves. It was definitely an adventure and I want to visit again!

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