Last Two Weeks: Tsunan Sunflowers and Ryogakubo

After the Nagaoka fireworks, we all went to an izakaiya to have one last drink with Rowan, Kaber and Natsumi, all of whom are going back home this summer. On our way out of the place, I bumped into Harumi. I hadn't seen her for ages and it was good to see her. We chatted agreed that we should meet up soon and do something.

With my driving licence running out, I was stuck in Tokamachi. Harumi had the idea of driving to Tsunan to see the sunflowers that I'd seen last year. I agreed so she picked me up on Sunday 7th and we headed to Tsunan to take more pictures of sunflower faces.

It was threatening to rain but it held off all day. We saw the sunflowers from an observation platform and also took a walk inside the sunflower field. After I saw two of my Tsunan students who were running the film stand and bought a set of Niigata Event stamps.

It was still early afternoon so Haurmi recommended going to Ryogakubo. It's a small lake surrounded by trees and the water is incredably pure. There are two fountains sourced from the lake that were surrounded by people filling up water bottles to take teh water away with them. We were able to take a path around the lake which made for a very scenic walk. I was really surprised that something so interesting had been hiding away so near for all this time. I should try and find out if there any other interesting little places in the area and make sure I tell people about them.