Ridin' the Rides! and Spinning at the Farm!

As the next post explains, Ruben and Phil spent the evening of "Ocean Day" at a huge amusement park in Iwamizawa with Yukari's brother Kyoichi Sato and his wife Narumi Sato, and their kids (Ruben's cousins). Here we are reflecting at the beginning of our fun evening. [A video at the end of this post features Kazuma showing Ruben what Ruben called an "awesome!" game.]

Kazuma (6), Koyori (9), [back row] Ayu (12), and their parents Kyoichi-san and Narumi-san, Phil, and Ruben.

Ayu and Ruben speedin' through the countryside.

Ruben and Kazuma speedin' through the countryside.

Ruben and Kazuma zooming through the night.

"Scary creatures" in the moonlight! (Ruben, Kazuma, Ayu, Koyori)

After amusing ourself at the fun-park (riding on countless rides!), after the pyro sky-splash (see the following post), after a nighttime ride deep into the countryside, after landing at the Sato Organic Farm, after a homemade speghetti meal with farm fresh tomato sauce and homegrown eggplant and sliced cucumbers with homemade miso sauce, and after the sweetest cantalope we've ever eaten in our lives (home grown) -- after all that -- there was time for spinning around, running through the house (done by the kids!), and picture-posing. We made it back to the Sapporo Colemans by midnight just over the wire to wish Buzz "Happy Birthday!"

"This is awesome!" --Ruben

Ruben figured out the timer setting for this group photo at the Sato Organic Farmhouse.

"Spinning" vid: