The World Shrimp Catching Championships

Lots of JETs came out to Aio for this big shrimp catching competition. I didn't participate, only took pictures (most with my other camera, so you will all have to wait to see them) but it was lots of fun, and the beach was gorgeous!


Most of the JETs who came out. (I'm on the far left)


Angie, Gillian, Becky, Selena, ready to catch some shrimp.


The gun and handcuffs make a second appearance...Anita, Steph, Jess.


A race to the best shrimping spots!


Cute kids


There was a whole family getting really into the festivities with these awesome hats!


I think this is either David or Pete's bag of shrimp; most of the JETs didn't catch quite this many.


The poor little shrimp getting cooked. Despite starting to eat fish now that I'm in Japan, I have still not become used to eating prawns or most other shelfish-type creatures...they're just too meat-like, so I've been avoiding them as much as possible.


Ruler of the BBQ





Later that night, some of us Shimonoseki folk headed out to Kokura for a night of drinking and dancing...
At around 5am we headed for the train station.

Stirling had left ahead of us and we didn't have much trouble finding him at the station...Woke him up, bought tickets, then us girls headed to the nearest convenience store for some early morning onigiri (rice triangles with various fillings with seaweed wrapper).


And this is how we found Stirling and Pete on the platform when we returned from the conbini...