.sightseeing.

so about that festival haha. it was really strange and i have no idea what went on. we went to jusco first to get some dinner (and here is the squid you can purchase! i will try it one day) and then paid five hundred yen to watch the festival inside the stadium. we plopped on the grass and watched some very strange performances. i did enjoy the first one, which was a band from jamaica. the rest of the groups, however, were not easy to understand. there was a dog/llama like costume and it was eating a person? there was also a play and they were wearing masks and talking in high voices. another american walked past us and asked if we knew what was going on and laughed. guess he couldn't help us! a lot of the women/girls were wearing kimonos, which were pretty to see. i saw a store to buy one, but they are ten-thousand yen, so it might be something i get before i go home. we decided to leave the festival early and head to ice-cream since they had double scoop for the price of one. they give you little spoons to eat with you ice-cream cone, and i watched kids actually use the spoons! sorry japan.. i like licking my ice-cream.

the jamaican band


yesterday after church and the sunday tradition of going to the rose garden (great food!), the girls and i used a tour book to check out some sights. i've never been to that part of the island yet, so that was exciting. our first stop was some castle ruins. the guidebook actually said to turn right at a gas station.. now those are some good directions! :) it was a gorgeous walk around the castle ruins and beautiful scenery from on top of the walls!

the gas station.. don't you like the hanging gas pumps!?

dog pooping pictures are at all the parks



our last stop was one of the few lighthouses in okinawa. it cost two-hundred yen to climb to the top and it was exhausting! the stairs were steep and too tall for my legs haha. the ocean was so blue.. i'm excited to see it when it is sunny outside. we saw people fishing and walking around by the cliffs. we got there a little too early so we didn't stay for the sunset, but the pictures i took are just as good as a sunset :)