Yesterday, we went to one of Eric's schools. I read Green Eggs & Ham to the sixth graders, and Eric translated it into Japanese. It was quite fun to see the kids' reactions. Then we went to Sekino Falls, which I've also been to before. The falls are in Miyakonojo and are absolutely gorgeous.
The first time I went to Sekino Falls, the area had a normal amount of water. The second time, this small bridge below was flooded and we couldn't cross it. Yesterday, it wasn't flooded but we decided to walk further up.
When we walked further up, we saw a small pond with some very large fish. I got excited about the fish and kept saying there were a bunch. Eric said that that was not a bunch and decided we had to go to another place and feed the fish. So we went to a grocery store and bought bread. Eric bought wheat bread to see if the fish liked that better. We walked to this little area and already tons of fish were gathering. This is the area where we stood.
I have a bunch of pictures of the fish, but I think a video is best so you can hear the disgusting noise they made.
They kept opening their mouths and it often looked like they were kissing one another, so Eric called them the love fish. Later, birds and ducks caught on to what we were doing and also tried to get some of the bread action.
Then we drove to Udo Shrine, which is on the Pacific Coast. It used to be the national shrine because it's the location where the sun fled to when she ran away from the sky. The shrine itself is built into the side of the extinct volcano.
Here is the view of the ocean.
Today we are going to an active volcano that actually spewed ash on Monday.
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