konichiwa (part ni)

I'll throw out an excuse as to why it to me so freakin long to post the rest of my Japan pictures.  And that is, that I actually left my camera cable in the hotel room in Okinawa.  oops.  I had to order another one from amazon - a whole 3 dollars.  Thanks amazon.  So, here they are.

On the list for Japan?? A temple! definitely.
So, I looked through the guidebooks for a temple on Okinawa and found some good things on Kin Kannon temple - beautiful, secluded.  And there's a cave adjacent.  So, Mike and I struggle just a little to find the sign on the road and go down some crazy tiny alleys to get to this place.  We pay the nice lady our money and start looking around.  We start to go down in to the cave.  One funny story is that Mike and I kept seeing signs every 50 feet or so.  We kept joking that we hoped they didn't say things like "Do NOT go past this sign" or "extreme danger ahead".  To us they just said "stick stick stick stick stick" (that was Mike's translation of the Japanese characters :) ).  So, anyways, we get about halfway through the cave when we realize that this is no meditation cave for the monks of the temple - no, this is a distillery.  A booze cave!!

and this was just an awesome little tree with cute little birdhouses :)

And, I've saved the best for last: Hiji Falls! 比地大滝
Hiji Falls is a National Park on the northern side of the island.  Hiji Falls is about halfway down Hiji River, which flows through the Yanbaru forests.  I wish I knew more about it, but it is beautiful!