Cape Kannon

Last weekend, we took a short trip to see a lighthouse on Cape Kannonzaki - usually shortened to just Cape Kannon. One of the interesting things about the trip was that it was just a little further down the road we travel on a lot to go to Homes or Livin (these are two Japanese stores that are similar to Walmart). Strange that it literally only about 15 minutes from the base and yet this was our first time to see the area. There was boardwalk/seawall, a easily accessible beach with a tourist area and then, just up the hill from the beach, was Cape Kannon. We spent a lot of time walking around the area and ended up not making it to the lighthouse.

These are pictures of the point area of Cape Kannon. 

This is picture taken from the nature walk area of the natural history museum.

This is a caterpillar that we came upon. At first it was hard to
tell if it was a caterpillar or piece of a rope.

Macie and Zach were a little leary of going near the caterpillar -
especially when I said that the spines might be poisonous.

Macie is sitting in the footprint cast of Godzilla. Cape Kannon is the area
where Godzilla first stepped onto land in Japan.

This is a picture of a very different looking squirrel here in Japan. At first glance, the

squirrel looks to have a shade of green. The girls said it was more gray-like.

Mona enjoyed taking pictures of the kids - especially learning to use the two
different types of lenses.