Out and About in Shiga-ken

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Kaitenzushi, one of Japan's modern marvels. Each plate has a couple pieces of sushi on it, and circles the restaurant...	...on a conveyor belt. Patrons pick and choose. Each plate is 100 yen or so - it's very easy to come out with a huge bill!	We visited a traditional Buddhist candle shop across the street from where obaachan was born.
	Abe-sensei's gyooza party		Lots of food, liquor and fun.
Abe-sensei prepares another batch of gyooza while Mike L. gets redfaced from a little too much of Abe's homemade umeshu	The man, Abe-sensei
My first onsen		June 15 - a crazy night of karaoke	Shan, Jocelyn and host bro Yukinori
Burning the rice fields
		Yukinori and Ben	Yukinori wows us with his enka skills
Jocelyn, who is bound for J-Idoldom
		June 18 - our trip to Shibaraku Ceramics Village.	They sat us down, gave us a 5-minute walkthrough on making pottery, then let us go wild.
	Holman-sensei enjoying a well-deserved nap on the bus.	June 20 - On our way to the water tunnel, Jocelyn decides a tree climbing break is in order
We're ready for high adventure in the wilds of Shiga prefecture!	On my fly new ride
	The very scary Nishino Suido
		The Jodoshinshu temple in Tanaka Village
A traditional fan maker		Our man Taro, Nick, and Bobby	Lots of sake
		Holman-sensei and Taro	Up Hieizan
	Ben making sure the bell works at Enryakuji
		July 1st - Ben, Jocelyn and I swim out to the tori
	Out to dinner - me, Mom, Ben and Yukinori
	Yukinori shows us why he loves America
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