Kokusai Undoo Taikai. Or National Sports Competition. This is the beach volleyball tournament that happened at Shibukawa Beach near Tamano. There was a "crowd" around this game because the guys in black are Okayama's Team. They didn't do too well though. There were basically few to nobody in attendance since the belief is that this is an event to celebrate sports and athletics, and that cheering for a team in particular or cheering would be picking sides and thus not celebrating the effort of sport but so much as the concept of winning, which goes against the ways of the Japanese in regards to this competition. So yes, be a good sportsman, and don't go watch ?!?!
Dinner prepared at the party in Tamano last weekend. Note the healthy salad with mustart chicken, mustard sauce, tomatos, avocado, and eggplant prepared by me!
1st graders at Hachihama Elementary School eating "kyuushoku" or school lunch. This is also the classic attire for all elementary schoolers during the serving period of lunch. Some schools or kids also keep them on while eating (some just keep them on for cleanliness during serving time).
This was at the same BBQ as the picture below. This is supposedly a traditional Japanese way of breaking open a watermelon. Everyone had a go until somebody finally (luckily) got the splitting blow. You can see one had glanced and taken out a chunk in the picture.
This garage reminds me of my grandparents garage with the scene painted on it.
Hachihama Elementary School. 1st graders preparing for sports day, which means how to line up, how to run to the start, and then what to do for the games. Big cloud. It was a great day.
This time around it's the nails. Ayaka had her nails polished with silver and red, and this is unacceptable. The teacher watches as she takes nail polish remover to her manicure.
This is interesting: A teach is taking a pair of scissors and cutting the bangs shorter on a second year student. Note the student holding the trashcan so the hair falls into it (easy cleaning). Turns out she didn't pass hair check, and didn't correct the situation herself, so the teacher took matters into her own "scissors".
At the night-time BBQ at Shibukawa Beach. Ashley on the far right (lives next to me in Tamano), and next to her Kanako. Don't remember the names of the other two.
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