Day 6 Photos - Tsuyama
Day 6 is the trip to Tsuyama in the Shimane Prefecture for the Dojo celebration. Tsuyama is a small town in the mountains to the west of Hiroshima. The 1.75 hour bus ride to Tsuyama winds through some amazing scenery along the hillsides. I only have a few shots through the bus window, so they don't really do justice to the landscape.
The celebration took place in what was formerly a Samurai residence. The exterior is maintained as it originally was, including carp in the surrounding water which were used as food in times of siege.
Inside has been changed to be a martial arts training area, and conference center.
Hrm...now where have I seen this before?
A beautiful garden in the center of the complex. I stitched 3 pictures together to give you an idea of what it looks like.
Everyone waiting patiently while the various speeches are being given. (Note this is before the fidgeting begins about 20 minutes later...)
The USA crew in action. They did a great job!
Group shot! There was a professional photographer there...he took about 20 minutes to get everything set up to start taking pictures. Needless to say everyone was fidgeting a bit by the end. Hopefully in a month or so we should be able to get copies of the "professional" shot.
I have some pictures of the after party, but, they all came out a bit blurry...