coco farm and winery

the week before i went to kyushu, i took a group of the participants of our world culture seminar on an excursion to Coco Farm and Winery in Tochigi.
Its a winery which is staffed by people with disabilities. The wine and food were amazing.

I bought two bottles and i think i will buy more over the net. It tasted like wine
we would get back home, not japanese wine. most japanese wines i have tried are way too sweet, but this place uses french methods and varieties. the chief wine maker is an american from califorinia.

Photos here

we also went to a place called Ashikaga Gakko, japan's oldest university, on the way back home. Most of the photos are from there. i took a video of the winery instead

kyushu photos

on friday i took my bike on the plane and headed down to kyushu for a 300km bike ride with JETs from Oita around the Kunisaki Peninsular, afterwards i went to mt aso (an active volcano) and on to fukuoka. click on the names for the photos

here are my favs


mt aso from the distance. i rode to the top!


the crater of mt aso. we could only stay for 5 mins cause of the poisonous gas..


the Oita JETs i rode with around the Kunisaki Peninsular

koko ga hen

sorry to not have posted in a long time. i have been busy at work and also traveling to hong kong and also back to Australia for my brother's wedding

lots of photos are now available on my photobucket.

hong kong

josh and em's wedding

here are a few of my favs

the kiss


the happy couple


hong kong fish market


hong kong skyline