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July 17, 2005
Sarushima (again!) and the 4th of July barbecue
Well, maybe not 4th of July, but it is summer and a three-day weekend. Actually, tomnorrow is Marine Day, which I mentioned in a previous post. And like America, it is not the holiday that is important, it is the barbecue.
Anyway, I was surprised to make it at all. I had agreed to meet everyone at Yokosuka-Chuo Station at 930am. Needless to say, when my phone rang at 945am and woke me up, that was a problem.
I managed to spend the maximum time waiting on every subway/train platform and when I finally made it to the boat dock at Yokosuka, i discovered I would have another 40 minutes before the next boat.
So, instead of being on the beach at 1030-1100. I got there at 130pm. But it was worth it. Being at the beach is always very good fun and Sarushima is very comfortable compared to Tokyo. I had the opportunity to embarass myself with my bad Japanese (again...I really should take some lessons), but everyone was very polite about it, so I did not mind.
Too many people to do introductions here...you know who you are. But I did want to point out that Mitsuyo (top left picture, on the left) is really leaving to Hong Kong (this Friday) and that Tomoko is even more tan, I mean suntan, than she was last time we met.
And Sarushima had its monkey back. At least for a day.