Cosmos Garden, Naruse River, BBQ with Msians

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This picture was taken during our short trip to Cosmos Garden in Matsuyama town, Osaki, about 20mins drive from our house. This is my favorite photo taken using Canon Kiss F, 55mm lense.

Btw, it was a sunny day and the view from the hilltop was magnificient. See some of other pictures taken at the garden. Sorry, no human photos here, just an appreciation to the wonderful view.

On the way back, we passed by Naruse River. The river is so clean and the surrounding is so peaceful, it made us wanted to stop by . The way to the riverside was quite tricky, though, because it was bushy alongside. It was like a mini adventure, we just drove through the narrow, winding road to get to the nearest area to the river. The riverside is so wide, I am not sure whether that was natural or man-made.

On the way, we came across some motocross riders practising their skills. To my suprise, they were only primary~secondary schoolers!. And they flied great!

The short trip was really nice, but it dampened our packing plan. We were too tired to pack even a box after returning home..

The very next day, we went to Sendai to join the Msian students BBQ. We were late for about an hour, but they were still busy grilling seafood when we arrived. The BBQ was done at a river (I forgot the name)situated just behind one of the student's apartment. I was touched again by the surrounding. The river flows in the city, but the cleanliness of the river is like one flowing in the mountains!

The river is quite strange though, because the other bank is a tall cliff and with houses built very near to it. The side where we had BBQ is a flat bank. I wonder if the river was initially really, really deep.

They grilled a lot of fish, about 100 sanmas (brevoorts), calamaries, salmons etc. To my surprise, the fish was really cheap, 100 sanmas for only 2500yen! One menu that was really good was the chan-chan yaki, which is salmon and a combination of vegetables steam-grilled in aluminum foil.

The BBQ started at 12 noon but they were as hungry as bears everytime something grilled is ready.

Oh yea, the picture below was taken when I accompanied Shakir who wanted to play at the riverbank. Met this cute girl who were playing bubbles with her mom .

Know what she did when I was taking her picture? She stopped moving, grinned at me and played mannequin! All of us couldn't stop laughing!

We dismissed ourselves at about 5 because Sato-san was coming to our house at 7pm and we need to settle some things before returning home.

A long weekend, tiring but filled with good memories.