For the first time in all the years my husband and I have been together, Shimon took all of Golden Week off. Those of you who don't know a whole lot about Japan or Golden Week, allow me to explain. Japanese workers are allowed on average 20 paid holidays a year. Workers generally do two things a) never use the holidays or b) use them when they are sick (even though sick days are allotted as well). This year there were three work days in the middle between two long weekends. However, and this is the real breakthrough, Shimon took those three days off and had a full 10 day holiday!
To save money, Touma and I left earlier (saving about 30,000 yen+) and Shimon followed on the Saturday. We hung around my husband's hometown most of the time seeing some of his friends, going to an onsen in Kyushu overnight, and playing at playgrounds and other places with little guy.
As a picture's worth a thousand words... here are some of the highlights...
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| Mealtimes became the main attraction! |
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| Trying to climb up is at least as fun as going down |
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| Exploring the swings with Dad |
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| This kid already loves the ocean! |
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| Family portrait... |
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| The kabuto (helmet) didn't last too long! |
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