Day 19 Beach and Food

 

Beach and Food

Today the group and some buddies went to Wakayama Beach. We left around 9 am and took the trains for about 45 minutes to get to the town of Wakayama, known for its beaches. It was a beautiful day and the water was the perfect temperature. Some of the buddies brought a beach umbrella so we set it up and after putting on some lifesaving sunscreen, or some of us, we’ll get to that later, jumped in the water. There were these floating island things you could jump off of so being the kids we are we played King of the Hill, I would say it was a close game but I have an unfair weight advantage so I kinda bodied everyone. A little later after swimming around for a bit, I went to walk around the nearby pier with a couple of other guys just admiring the view of the city from the suburb of a town we were in. After being at the beach for 5 hours, even though it felt like 2, we went into town and with the help of the Buddies found an Isakia and had so much Sushi I felt like I was going to pop. Again we saw how different the culture of an Isakia is different from anything we have in the States. Yes, we have sports bars where people can go to hang out and drink, but it doesn’t compare to how it feels to sit on a tatami mat with everyone and barely any outside distractions and just talk and have a good time. It was at about this time we realized Gabe didn’t really put his sunscreen on right and ended up burning his back and shoulders. After having a good laugh about that we started the long train ride home while admiring the beautiful city lights and crashing into bed the second we got back to the hotel after a long day of fun.