Howie Hayman
 
We Moved to Tanegashima

The decision to move to Tanegashima was a bit of a surprise for family and friends, although they are pretty much used to me doing these kinds of "crazy" things. We went through a lot to get to this place, including four international moves. The moves, the island house, and getting set up, all proved to be very challenging but the benefits of being on this island were worth the difficulties. I decided to put our Tanegashima story online in order to provide additional information about the island (information in English is minimal at best) including small points which you cannot find elsewhere online. These small details might prove useful to those of you planning to visit Tanegashima or even to travelers to other places in Japan. I am hoping these pages might also serve as inspiration for those of you who are contemplating moving to a new place and a bit nervous. Hopefully you enjoy our story. Thank you for joining us on our ongoing island adventure. We want to thank our friends on Tanegashima for all of the good memories on the island.

- Facebook Post - Owase, Mie · Spending this weekend camping at Yoshino mountain. Owase, Mie · A small party before heading to the onsen. Owase, Mie · Tonight raining and doing BBQ on the patio and drinking and relaxing.

- Facebook Post - Shingu, Wakayama · We walked on a world heritage road. Shingu, Wakayama · We went to a famous taki today. Kumano-shi, Mie · Today there was a beautiful view from the cabin during breakfast.

- Facebook Post - Shingu, Wakayama · A bit more craziness today. We went to a river with a natural hot spring. Was really hot and pouring rain. Very fun.

- Facebook Post - Shingu, Wakayama · Hey they are actually selling whale at this restaurant.

- Facebook Post - A REAL CHALLENGE FOR LAST WEEKEND. Actually went to this bridge and faced a fear of heights and went across and back again. Tanise Suspension Bridge is one of Japan's longest steel-wire suspension bridges, located in the Tanise/Uenoji area in northern Totsukawa. It was built in 1954 and is 54m….177 feet high, and 297m….975 feet long. Sure was nice to drink beer after doing this.

- Facebook Post - TYPHOON HAS ARRIVED - Now getting an incredible amount of rain which began last night.

- Facebook Post - Aira-shi · These guys fetching a huge piece of pumice.

- Facebook Post - Aira-shi · Relaxing on a beach for a bit and Shai finding a lot of pumice.

- Facebook Post - Aira-shi · We went once again to Sakurajima the active volcano this time with the guys.
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