Christmas Break in Shimoda

Asia » Japan
January 30th 2006

Published: January 30th 2006

During the Christmas break, I went to a small city about 4 hours south of Tokyo, called Shimoda. It's right on the water, and surrounded by mountains. Shimoda is famous for being the port where US Navy Commodore Matthew Perry docked in 1854, to commence negotations that led to the Treaty of Kanagawa, which opened trade between Japan and the US. I think. There's not a whole lot in Shimoda. The ma... Read Full Entry

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Mid-flip.

Thet sea lion was waving.

Sea Lion Show 6

Dolphin Show 1

Later on, the dolphin carried a present in it's flippers to the little girl. It was amusing.

Dolphin Show 2

The dolphins could jump really high. During the highest jump, my camera's batteries ran out as I took the picture.

I believe this is a Shiba Inu, a very Japanese dog. They are quite popular.

UFO Castle 2

Closer look at the UFO Castle.

Black Ship

The Matthew Perry's Black Ship scenic tour. It costs $20 for 20 minutes, or something like that.

Drying Fish

Bentenjima Island

The rock formations on this Island were quite neat.

Bentenjima Island Tunnel

Very small tunnel.

Bentenjima Island picture

This depicts the people that spotted Perry's fleet.

30th January 2006

eddie
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It's about time you sent something out. Thought you got jumped by some thugs in japan and sold to the black market or something...haha... on a serious note...good to see you are enjoying yourself.

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