We got up and went to McDonalds for breakfast because the kids didn't want any rice or fish for breakfast. We got mcmuffins and pancakes.
We drove to the beach and could see Mt. Fuji. The beach area was called Miho No Matsu Bara, it translates beach with pine trees. The sand on the beach was dark grey and had tons of smooth river rocks. We walked on a trail through the pine tree. I went to the bathroom at the beach and the toilet seat had a warmer. It was the best, especially because it was cold outside.
We drove to another viewpoint to see Mt. Fuji. Shota told us that it had just snowed on Mt. Fuji. There hadn't been snow on Mt. Fuji for weeks and he said that it looked great for us!
We drove through the country and saw rice paddies and plum tree blossoms and mandarin orange trees, with oranges on them. In the country was a cave full of stalagmites and one of the tallest underground waterfalls in Japan. It was 30 meters or about 100 feet. The cave was called Ryugashi-do.
We drove to a fish market and had sushi. There were all sorts of fresh and dried seafood. We had ice cream to finish. I had milk ice cream, which looked like vanilla but it didn't have vanilla flavor.
These fish on a stick were a trip.
Then we drove though the forest to Shota's house by Toyohashi. The littles were excited to get to Shota's house. His house was brand new, they'd only lived in a few months. It was small but modern and nice. We walked to a park by Ren and Gunji's house and the kids played.
Then we went to dinner with a bunch of people who were friends with Shota and Merril. The restaurant required that we take it shoes off . We sat at these floor tables and underneath we're warming mats for our feet. They just kept bringing food. Mikayla, Mark, Jack and Julie we're still feeling pretty jet lagged and after we got some food in them they started getting really sleepy. Aya gave me and the 4 younger kids a ride home so I could put them to bed. Then she went back to the restaurant.
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