Bullet Mini-Trip: vol.4

The heat arrived right as the rainy season ended...
It's unbelievably hot every single day...

In the midst of that,
we went on another day-trip mini-vacation!!


You can find vol. 1-3 below

My husband is busy with work every day and comes home late.
The night before his first day off in a while,
he said, "Tomorrow!! Let's go!!"

Oh, that sounds great!!
Actually... there was somewhere I wanted to go!!

As usual, we dropped our son off at the station at 7:00 AM,
and we headed straight out from there! Let's go🙌✨

For this, our fourth trip,
I had a place I secretly wanted to visit.

After two and a half hours on the highway,
in the car, of course,
I was doing my usual machine-gun talking, lol.

But this time, I didn't use my usual line for my husband:
"Hey, are you even listening?!"
Perhaps because he didn't have to keep looking at the navigation on the highway,
he was actually listening for once.😂
Even though last time he said, "I'm only half-listening"... lol

While chatting (mostly me),
we took a break at a service area,
and after about three hours, we arrived at
this shrine I've been wanting to visit for a long time.⛩️

To get here, it was 800m from the parking lot,
with 100 steps.
I was already out of breath after just that,
the air I was breathing was so hot,
I even felt like giving up halfway...
(I have zero stamina)

The cooling towel I had around my neck melted instantly,
and even with a parasol, it was just so hot.💦

My husband, who doesn't usually sweat much, looked cool and collected,
climbing the stairs with ease...
He would look back or stop occasionally
to wait for me, but...he has way too much energy!!

However
the reason I wanted to come here wasn't for this view
but because I wanted to see something else

This hot summer
a sight you can only see right now

And here it is

☆Warding off evil . Protection
☆The role of delivering wishes to the gods

Wind chimes have meanings like that
and there are many shrines and other places that hold
wind chime festivals during this time of year

This shrine is a place I've wanted to visit for so long
I'm so happy I could come✨

Thank you for the wonderful view✨

Soaking in the lingering excitement,
we said, 'We're hungry,' and headed to lunch.
If we're going to do it, let's do it on a terrace with an ocean view.

We walked on the beach a little and felt the sea breeze.
The sun was sparkling in the sky we looked up at.

The roadside station that we, as a couple, love.
And the botanical garden.
After visiting shops with pottery works and such,
we decided to head home.

I love tableware and such.
Just looking, just looking... I told myself, resisting.
Because, you know... they're expensive... the works by my favorite ceramic artists.

In the midst of that,
my husband found this single-flower vase and said, 'Don't you like this!?'

So, since both my husband and I liked it,
we decided this would be our souvenir from this trip✨
'Kyoro-Kyoro-kun♡ Let's go home together♡'

Also, not forgetting,
we bought a few souvenirs for my son's friend, 'Wonderful Boy'✨
(Oh. It's food, not pottery.)

Lastly, the one thing we can't forget is
this, as promised😆✨

It was hot and I got tired, but
this was another fun day trip✨

※Bonus
Me making a bento the next morning

I was going to use it as a side dish,
but the green pepper I was supposed to have harvested from the garden is gone🫑...

Huh... when I looked over... it's Kyoro-kyoro-kun👀

The hot days continue...
Let's both take care of our health
and stay energetic✨

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