Camping Japanese-Style!

Forget the tent. Leave the ground sheet behind. You definitely don't need your sleeping bag, or the kerosene stove.

Think: Beautiful scenery up in the mountains in a remote area beyond Izumi, log cabins (with toilet, shower and kitchen), a purpose built BBQ - lit for you. The only way we were "roughing it" was the fact we had no mobile phone signal!

HUGE thanks to Kristi for organising it, and to Erin & co. for buying lots and lots (and lots and lots) of food! ;)

	Brandon, looking very happy at our log cabin: complete with futons, table, benches..etc..etc apologies for the awful, blurred photo...my excuse? er... I'd been driving for an hour and a half in thick fog...?
Feasting at the BBQ
	Hans shows just how scary gaijin can be - proving the Japanese were right all along and we really do have laser eyes! Brave Brandon doesn't seem the least bit phased by Hans' Incredibly Hulkish Tendancies (IHT) Sorry Hans, I just had to put this one up!!!
Laura glamorously demonstrates how to make a "banana boat", by carefully following Hudson's directions
	"And for my next trick, I'll disappear in a cloud of smoke" John looks impressed as IHT Hans' entertains the group
THE MEGA BUG For people who know those cans of Grape Fanta...well, you can see just how big the Mega Bug was!
	The morning after. Considerably fewer bugs. View of our cabins from the car