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August 4th 2008
Published: August 5th 2008
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1: drum girls 38 secs
2: festival 29 secs
me and my tentme and my tentme and my tent

the nature camp site was right on the beach
After the late evening of the exhbition i packed my backpack and took at 10 PM hours with david the boat from Tokyo to Kozushima. Kozushima is a vulcanic island in the pacific at 12 hours from Tokyo. We slept on the cheapest places, this was on the deck of the boat. In the morning we woke up with a view on the open sea with now and than an island. Around 10 AM we arrived at the island and where welcomed by blue dressed girls playing the drums after that we went straigth on to the wild campsite. I took my tent because it was free camping on the island. We placed our tent almost on the beach and went for a swim in the deep blue changing coloured water. I took diving glasses and went for some fish spotting, the water was soooo clear. During the first day we enjoyed swimming in the sea, walking around the village and going to a onsen (vulcanic bath) with an amazing view. In the afternoon we visited a temple where a festival was going on. The colourfull dressed local where carying a small pagode. They were singing and enjoyed the festival so
traditional music traditional music traditional music

as soon i arrived these girls started to play a wonderfull rythm
much, it was a beautiful scenery. In the evening we cooked on the fire from drift wood we found on the beach. The second day we climbed in the early morning mount tenjo, the vulcano of the island. The top was covered in foggyness, which created a special atmosphere. The landscape changed from desert, to green, to tropical forest. On the way we heard and saw a lot of tropical birds, insects and butterflies. In the afternoon we went swimming, snorkling, relaxing and cooking again. After spending a second nigth we took the boat back, leaving this nature and relaxing island going back to the concrete and crowded place Tokyo....a big difference but i love both...😊


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religious festivalreligious festival
religious festival

playing children
sunset beersunset beer
sunset beer

after a good swim it was time for a beer
cooking cooking
cooking

after the sunset we went cooking, pasta a la japanese
hikinghiking
hiking

the second day we went hiking on the vulcano mt Tenjo, we where quite lost in the foggy atmosphere and by the japanese signs
hikinghiking
hiking

the landscape changed from green to desert
hiking lunchhiking lunch
hiking lunch

tuna with bread...
butterflybutterfly
butterfly

does it seem like a face? the island hosted amazing nice butterflies in all colours, sizes and shapes
afternoon swimafternoon swim
afternoon swim

after hiking it was time for a swim under the eye of the rescue girls
blue waterblue water
blue water

very good for snorkling...
onsenonsen
onsen

after the swim we went to the near by onsen (vulcanic bath) with an amazing view
david and medavid and me
david and me

the following day it was time to leave again...
view from my sleeping placeview from my sleeping place
view from my sleeping place

we slept on the deck with a lot of other people....the boat ride was about 12 hours and thus overnight


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