Isla de Salsa
We started the weekend with a salsa festival on an Island I don't remember the name of outside of Fukuoka city (about 1 1/2 hours south of me by bus or train). There were quite of few of us, most of the Shimonoseki city JETs and two from Hagi.
It started pouring rain on our bus ride down from Shimo, so we bought umbrellas at the 100 yen store (like a dollar store) in Fukuoka.
After a very muddy hike down a hill through some trees we arrived at a very muddy beach filled with lots of music and dancing people. Lots of these pictures are from Becky's camera because I took pictures mostly with my real camera. I didn't realize how tropical it would be there; there were even more palm trees than in Shimonoseki. The beach was gorgeous. There were so many foreigners there that I felt like I wasn't in Japan anymore. There were lots of stands making mohitos and pina coladas.
The stage
Found this girl on the beach and asked if I could take her picture (these are digital photos taken of my actual photos, so sorry for the bad quality). Very unusual to see a Japanese girl with any tattoos at all, let alone one so big. Traditionally having a tattoo means you are Yakuza, so if you have even a small tattoo you can get kicked out of public baths because it scares people. Apparently she is a tattoo artist in Fukuoka. She clearly loved the attention she got from the tattoo, and a small crowd of people gathered around and took pictures as well.
Becky on a big swing hanging off a palm tree on the beach
Jonathan and Anita salsa dancing
I didn't witness the destruction of Matt's umbrella, but apparently Becky and he had a fight; as you can see, Becky won.
The two "yaki" of any outdoor event in Japan, yakisoba (above) and yakitori (below).
Our whole group: Pete (NZ), Matt (Wales), Becky (England), Selena (Scotland), Stirling (US), Anita (US), Jonathan (US), and me.
It started pouring rain on our bus ride down from Shimo, so we bought umbrellas at the 100 yen store (like a dollar store) in Fukuoka.
After a very muddy hike down a hill through some trees we arrived at a very muddy beach filled with lots of music and dancing people. Lots of these pictures are from Becky's camera because I took pictures mostly with my real camera. I didn't realize how tropical it would be there; there were even more palm trees than in Shimonoseki. The beach was gorgeous. There were so many foreigners there that I felt like I wasn't in Japan anymore. There were lots of stands making mohitos and pina coladas.
The stage
Found this girl on the beach and asked if I could take her picture (these are digital photos taken of my actual photos, so sorry for the bad quality). Very unusual to see a Japanese girl with any tattoos at all, let alone one so big. Traditionally having a tattoo means you are Yakuza, so if you have even a small tattoo you can get kicked out of public baths because it scares people. Apparently she is a tattoo artist in Fukuoka. She clearly loved the attention she got from the tattoo, and a small crowd of people gathered around and took pictures as well.
Becky on a big swing hanging off a palm tree on the beach
Jonathan and Anita salsa dancing
I didn't witness the destruction of Matt's umbrella, but apparently Becky and he had a fight; as you can see, Becky won.
The two "yaki" of any outdoor event in Japan, yakisoba (above) and yakitori (below).
Our whole group: Pete (NZ), Matt (Wales), Becky (England), Selena (Scotland), Stirling (US), Anita (US), Jonathan (US), and me.
posted by Laura at 9:34 p.m.
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home