Miyajima
Saturday 9th March 2013
Erika's first visit to Miyajima, and first time to meet a lot of the Morwaki family.
Japan March 2013
John's Pictures

08:08:35
Erika wrangling Gladys in the morning.

08:26:46
Today's breakfast.

10:24:54
Ogeechan and Erika playing with the entry phone.

10:54:46
On the way to the station, somebody's garden.

11:03:13
At the station. Me indulging my strange obsession with can coffee.

12:00:45
On the ferry to Miyajima.

12:21:55
In the shopping street on Miyajima.

12:27:48
Yuko-san, who we met last year when she came to London with two of Chie's aunts last year - she works in one of the omiyage shops in Miyajima, so we popped in to say hello.

12:27:58

12:28:39
...that picture again with Erika in shop.

12:41:15
Green tea and some very fresh momiji-manju in Yuko-san's shop.

12:41:22

12:56:08
From the beach on Miyajima we could see Ginga, the ship we had our wedding reception on.

12:56:17
Close up on Ginga.

13:00:12
Recreating one of our wedding photos, plus Erika.

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13:26:50
A quick picnic.

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13:33:21
An improvised hat for Erika, it was unexpectedly sunny.

13:46:33

14:05:30
Erika meeting her Great Grandmother for the first time. She was a big hit!

14:05:38

14:06:52
Moriwaki family picture.

14:24:40

15:04:22
Next stop on our Moriwaki family crawl was to visit Masaru-san and Reiko-san, Chie's uncle and aunt, at their house / oyster processing factory (!). Here in shot is also one of Erika's second cousins Rin-chan.

15:04:31

15:05:26
...and another of Erika's second's cousins Mio-chan.

15:05:35

15:20:00
Apparently Chie had also sat on this chair as a child.

15:20:12

15:56:31
Masaru-san is the oldest brother in the family, so I suppose that makes this Moriwaki headquarters.

15:56:56

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16:20:49
Heading for the ferry back to the mainland.

16:29:33
A few pictures from the ferry on the way back.

16:30:00

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17:11:52
Our third stop on our family tour, another of Chie's uncles and aunts - Kazuyoshi-san and Naoki-san, who had their daguhter Sato-chan, her husband Yamasaki-san and their newborn baby Kohe-kun staying with them.

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17:45:25
So here's Erika meeting another of her second cousins, Kohe-kun.

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17:47:21
Erika seemed quite fascinated by him.

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17:51:34
Me and Yamasaki-san with our respective babies.