Today we went to the Kunhama Flower Park, a mere 20 minute car ride from the house where we stay. We parked and walked up a long hill. Fields of cosmos and poppies and yellow echinacea surrounded us. Along the way Offspring #1 was holding Grandgirl #1 and #2 when a 3 foot section of a tree branch fell just inches in front of his nose. We were all startled by this and laughed at our good luck. We kept walking until we saw Godzilla. Grandgirl #1 climbed the stairs to the belly of Godzilla and slid down his tail a few times. We played at the children's playground for a while and drew pictures in the dirt with sticks. We saw raptors flying over the mountain valley. One floated above us in the same place like a kite. Maybe it was one of those black tailed kites. We saw hundreds of dragon flies and grass hoppers. Some kids had nets and were catching the dragon flies. Part of this park was damaged by the typhoon so it was off limits to us. The playgrounds at the top of the hill were damaged. The metal rails of the flume were strewn about on the ground. We could see over most of the town of Yokosuka. This was a nice way to spend time on our last full day in Japan.
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