Dear Haru

We spent today just in the area. We went to the beach because rumors had it there were some high waves down there. From our travel agency we also heard that it was a good place for surfing. I doubt we would be doing any of that in the near future, but it could be fun to see those gigantic waves.

I admit, they were certainly not kidding when talking about those waves. I was out in the water and to just put a picture of things; when there were no waves, the water surface was about the level of my navel or so. Some of the waves were high enough that I had to dodge my head under them. That idea took some time getting used to, but after that, the whole idea was actually fun. Father was with me, Ren and Ran out there, mother took care of our belongings back on the beach. We could not swim in the water though.

Eventually we grew hungry and went alongside the beach to find some place to eat at after packing up. On our way we passed a large sculpture of a turtle. It was even taller than me, perhaps two and half a meter or so. We learned it was a place where they hatched turtle babies.

We left the beach after eating something, but we returned later that same night to watch the sunset. Before we left completely though, Ran wanted to see the turtle once again and everyone went. When we looked down at the place where the eggs were, we could see some had just hatched and a turtle was crawling around in the sand. I do not think I have ever seen so newly born life, not even when I saw Ren and Ran for the first time. I took a picture on my phone. I will show it to you when I return to Japan. I know you will not have gotten this letter by that time, but I figure it is something you should see.

I am really starting to miss all of you guys here. It has been fun, but I admit, I am looking forward to coming back home. All this experiencing has been a lot. I think I will just stay back in Japan for a long while. Tomorrow is the last full day. We will leave tomorrow at midnight. I should be back some time in the afternoon Sunday.

See you then.

Makoto