Ofunato Fireworks Festival July 2008

We saw soooooo many of our wonderful students (together we both teach over 3,000 elementary and junior high school students). Then we watched over an hour of fireworks... here is short video with music from our local radio station:

Thanks to Steph for all the firework photos and videos:

Steph's Eyes

Gabe here... happy that my bride's eye were well-taken care of:

Dancing, Drumming @ Our Festival Part One

Our Town's (Ofunato) summer festival Part One:
Dancing and Drumming...

"Somen" Lunch @Tono Church

Sayonara Party for Alison & Patricia (;_;)

It's the 4th of July in Japan! Seems like yesterday that Alison & Patricia came to our neck of Iwate... Recently our good friends the Ozawa's had a goodbye party for them....

We arm-wrestled. Why? Why not?

Many Beautiful Sundays in Tono

We really enjoy our Sundays in Tono. Here are some pictures and videos of some memories with our dear parents here in Japan, the Yoshidas.

More Beach Recuperation

Another couple hours at the beach:

We stopped by after weekly shopping;


Sure is nice to live only 20 minutes from one the nicest little beaches in Northern Japan :)