Monday was a Japanese public holiday - Keiro no Hi, or Respect-for-the-Aged Day. Therefore, there was no work so I had a free day. Also there was no school for kids, so Jenn and some of her JET buddies decided to go to Kamakura and they invited me along. I got a big surprise when while I was on the train down to Kamakura my friend from college, who is visiting Japan at the moment, gave me a call. I didn’t think he was going to visit until the end of his trip… but he decided to meet us down in Kamakura as well. When all the JET people had arrived there was a giant group of people, more than I thought would be there. (see gallery) Anyway, we walked around some temples, both of which I have been to before, and at that point I meet Jeff and we went out for lunch. After lunch we all went to the Daibutsu, which again I had seen before. After the Daibutsu we went to the beach. The beach was heavily polluted and contained tons of trash and dead fish (see gallery), and to make it worse there was lots of wind which blew lots of sand into our eyes. In the evening Jenn, Jeff, and I decided to break from the group and walk around Harajuku. We found this amazing ramen shop to put a nice end to the day.

The Kamakura gallery

My panoramic shot worked perfectly.

Jeff and I at the Daibutsu

Some JET people having fun

Me and Jenn at the beach

Harajuku