Berry's SEAJ trip Day 72: Back home we go (8/16/15)

I woke up to go feed the hawks, which consisted of throwing some pieces of ham into the air and the hawks swoop down and catch it. As we start feeding them, there gets to be a group of hawks in the air all circling (if you have seen birds, this would creep you out especially since hawks are birds of prey.

Look back at our hotel. Cool building.

Dinner bell. Gotta condition those birds to know when we will be throwing food at them.

Berry is scared he will be taken. Dont worry lil dude, I will protect you. 

Get a glimpse of these birds in action.

Bird of prey soaring in the sky. 

We are the prettiest oyster girls ever :)

Dave, Berry and I posing as some women oyster divers.

Little private island for the oyster collection group where we will go learn about pearl cultivation.

Sand ripples.

Berry enjoying the beautiful day waiting for the oyster collection presentation to start.

Oyster collection demonstration panorama.

Diving down without oxygen tanks. Apparently these ladies have been free diving since before it was cool.

She got herself an oyster.

Berry watching the pearl ladies go get some oysters.

Berry likes the pearl temple mock up. Exquisite. 

That is one fancy looking bell.

Liberty bell made out of pearls.

Berry met a dive bear in the pearl shop. Love at first sight.

Japanese waterways.

Some of the small islands seen from the ferry.

Berry posing in his panoramic pic off the back of the boat.

After they eat, it is my turn, so I meet up the group at the breakfast spot where we eat and then go for one last dip in the onsen before heading out. We then head to Morimoto island where they started the pearl cultivation practice to see the pearl museum and a demonstration of the diver ladies diving in the traditional outfits as they dive for oysters. After lunch, we catch a ferry to bypass the road detour around the sea. After some traffic, we get back into Tokyo where we grab some Indian food from New Delhi. It took forever to get our food but when we did it was absolutely amazing (started with a tandoori chicken pizza on cheese naan before I had paneer and some butter chicken). After dinner we drop Ashley off and then we head home as everyone is exhausted.

What is that in the distance? That my friends is a proper mountain. Mt. Fuji. Was absolutely amazing driving down the highway and seeing the shape of a huge mountain in the distance.