Fun with Google Earth

The Higashiura Aeon Shopping Mall - 34.979191906,136.974286395

(This is where I've worked since the beginning of July. There's a Nova branch in the back of the mall, facing the parking lot.)


Nova in Handa City - 34.894603303,136.926120953

(This is where I worked for the first 5 months. Some of the students were cool but the location was terrible. The only things nearby were the grocery store and the McDonald's IN the grocery store. Moving to Higashiura made my commute a lot shorter and on days when I work 'til 9, unlike at Handa, I don't get home at 10:30pm.)


The Ryokan in Takayama - 36.1432208994.137.25315458

(I wrote about a trip that Yuka and I took to Takayama recently. This was the hotel that we stayed at. It was here that we took hot baths and I almost fainted. The dinner that we were served was awesome.)


The Red Torii Gate on Miyajima -

34.2972570461,132.31902329

(This is where I was standing when I took these shots of the red torii gate on Miyajima. This island has quite a large deer population and as a consequence, an impressive amount of deer shit. The mountain that I climbed, Mizen, is at 34.2799290933,132.320390953)




The Pier at Takahama Beach - 35.4928704519,135.570146174

(I took a video of myself from the end of this pier back in August. I pitched my tent in the campground not too far from this spot.)