Another photo walk

Friday again and we went on another photo walk in the town around KAIT. We turned southward and followed the road toward downtown Atsugi this time. As we were walking down the sidewalk we passed a familiar spot. The sidewalk that our bus broke through on our first night in Japan.

Patched over with new concrete.

We kept walking and came across a little neighborhood shrine of some sort. We took a few pictures before heading on our way back down the road. The sun was pretty bright and I played a bunch with the exposure on my new camera. Fun times.

A little farther down the road we stopped by a field.

Found a white koi in the river.

Then back to KAIT for lunch hour. I ate my food on a Lusty Lunch Tray:

Around Atsugi

Today for photo class we took a walk around the rural area in the town of Atsugi. Atsugi itself has a city center with skyscrapers and all the jazz, but our school (Kanagawa Institute of Technology) is a 20 minute bus ride away from all that, and there are farms nearby. So we went out in the little roads between these farms to take some pictures.

Panorama of the hills around the town.

Cute crayon drawing on a sign about some school field day.

We continued our walk and found a little place with a small playground and what appeared to be a shrine. We stopped and took some pictures and a few people tried out the swings.

Sam and Whitney on the swings.

Erin decided to help rake up some leaves.
She also made a zen garden in the process.

And lastly, a sign that I saw on the road as we walked back to school to get our bags:

I was quite disappointed to learn that this was not in fact a cistern full of fire,
but a cistern full of water for putting fires out.