While my parents were here, we took advantage of one of the wonderful MWR trips offered on base. This one was to Kashima Shrine. It was a short drive and when the bus parked, what we saw was this:
Since the tour guide was not especially talkative, we were a little worried at first that the Tori Gate was it. It seemed a long way to come, even if it was nice. But we meandered down the road, looking at the various shops along the way, and before long we stumbled upon the shrine itself, which turned out to be especially beautiful with the cherry blossoms in full view. Here it is:
When we had walked around enough to be satisfied with the view, we were carted off for lunch and then a tour of a sake mill. Sorry about the lack of pictures of that, but this was much prettier. :-) More to come later...
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