Fukushima in Beautiful!

I have been in Fukushima for three weeks now and for most of that time the weather has been pretty disappointing with it generally being cloudy and muggy.

But, last Friday the weather totally changed and the skies became bright blue and there were no clouds at all. As soon as I woke up and looked out of my window I knew I had to go outside and sit in the sunshine for as long as humanly possible (and without burning) and as I had a day off I messaged all the Fukushima JET crew to see if there was anything going on.
Luckily, I managed to get myself invited/ invited myself to a trip to the river about 1 hour north of where I live. So with the others we drove up there and spent half a day jumping off rocks, sunbathing and relaxing.

The weather stayed pretty sweet for the rest of the weekend which was great as I went down to a party in Iwaki on the beach with many of the other JET's in the prefecture.

Fukushima is jam-packed full of hills and mountains and is incredibly green. Before the good weather the mountains which surround the area couldn't actually be seen but now they look beautiful (well not right now, the weather is shitty again today).


Anyway, I think the point I am making with this post is that it is great to know that I am living somewhere which is actually pretty and nice and is far away from the industrial uglyness of many parts of Japan. And to let you know that Japan also has stunning countryside along with big buildings and robots.