Very long Sunday

Just an excuse to post some pics from the weekend really...! Am loving this new [add image] button on Blogger!!

Went to Hachinohe yesterday (in the middle of the night) to watch the sunrise - something I really wanted to do before I left Japan.
When we left Aomori it was this time and DARK!:


We didn't quite make it to the coast in time but this was the view at Ogawarako:

After that we went on to one of the beaches near Hach. At 6am we pretty much had the beach to ourselves :) Was a bit cloudy when we got there...

... but cleared up and the sun came out (we fell asleep on the sand and got duly sunburnt!)

Then (for an extra treat) we went to Kabushima ("Turnip Island") which is home to like 3/4 of the world's seagulls (and, appropriately, covered in poo!) :

The guy asleep in the flowerbed didn't seem particularly bothered though...

So it was a long day but sleeping on the beach was so azumashii!! Was really cool to get up so early, forget about time, and have a 22-hour day, and I finally got to see the sunrise which was about the last thing I had left that I wanted to do in Aomori.