better late than never

so, i decided before i moved to japan that i would start a blog as soon as i got here, and i have almost completed 3 months. what can i say? i believe in putting things off as long as possible. actually, i didn't have a camera when i first arrived and was afraid that without photos, my blog would be a huge failure. now i have a camera and i have done a bit of traveling around japan and even spent a few days in korea, so i wanted to post about them and get some pictures up so family and friends could see what i have been experiencing.

i live in kanonji, in the kagawa prefecture, on the island of shikoku. kanonji is a small town with very little to see or do. but it has its charms. everything shuts down at about 8:00 pm. i have a bike i use to get around town and the train station is just a 2 minute walk from my building. the school where i work is just a 4 or 5 minute walk. my apartment is a traditional japanese apartment... i will have to take pictures and post them here.


here are a couple of shots from my balcony at sunset. the lighting at sunset can make anything pretty, i think. not that kanonji is ugly, but it isn't the most beautiful part of japan.

i love the tile rooftops in japan. they have such a traditional feel to them. most are slate gray, but this blue one by our building is very pretty. it reminds me of the ocean.


2 days a week i work in a city called marugame. its 51 minutes away in train and the train passes this one spot where the tracks come right up to the edge of the water. i love the small islands and mountains in the distance. there is a part of one of the highways that runs along the ocean like this and on a very clear day you can see hiroshima on the main island. pretty cool!

i hope i will be able to keep up with this blogging thing. i have a bad track record....i still haven't finished my mission scrapbook, which i didn't even start until 2 years after my mission. and i won't even mention how long it has been since i finished my mission!