This is a story about an international couple raising and home educating three young boys on a small island in Japan, half living in buses, engaged in organic, self-sufficient farming in the middle of a mountain forest while dealing with climate, cultural, and personal challenges. These pages are about pretty much anything and everything all guided by our family motto, Taking Chances, Making Changes, Being Happy. Thank you very much for joining us on our ongoing crazy adventure.

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- Facebook Post - Really delicious sashimi and BBQ fish. Total fish caught amounted to 21 Aji and 7 Kisu.
A beautiful sunrise.

- Facebook Post - We went fishing slightly outside of the Kansai Airport security zone. Um and she cannot even drive a car. Hey our friend was really nice to take us out in his boat fishing the other day.

- Facebook Post - PLAYED FRISBEE GOLF. Played a bit of frisbee golf in the adjacent yard. ASPIRING ROCK STARS. These cool dudes rocking out to American rock and roll again. MEGA FUN PARTY AGAIN. Another fun night with our very cool friends.

- Facebook Post - HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY. Hey another year spending Independence Day in Japan. We ate BBQ tonight and listened to a bunch of American rock and roll and drank Japanese beer. Was a nice night.

- Facebook Post - Now in Wakayama. Unbelievable wind today. Almost no fish. Tonight incredible thunderstorms. Now drinking beer and relaxing on the coast. Little dude and wifey sleeping. Maybe can do a bit of fishing in the morning. Gonna post again.

- Facebook Post - Hey Wakayama update. Caught bazillion fish this morning. Now drank a bit of wine and sleeping before fishing tonight. Now wifey and little dude catching aji like crazy. Nice breeze blowing. Japan is wonderful. Many pics coming.

- Facebook Post - REALLY A LOT OF FISH AGAIN. Yup this trip we actually caught 398 fish including six different types. a beautiful sunset before returning home.

- Facebook Post - ANOTHER INCREDIBLE WAKAYAMA TRIP. When we got to Wakayama it was really windy and we could not go fishing. We decided to go to the beach. Then we went back to our usual spot and camped out for the night. We spent about an hour in the back of the car watching incredibly strong thunderstorms. Next morning was beautiful. This is the sunrise picture.

- Facebook Post - This bug is called a cicada and a couple nights before we got to see it molting. Took about 30 minutes for it to come out of the brown shell. Was pretty fascinating.

- Facebook Event - INDEPENDENCE DAY PARTY AND SHAI BIRTHDAY PARTY 2013 - Sunday, July 14, 2013 at 3:00 PM

- Facebook Post - AN INCREDIBLE THUNDERSTORM. Hey anyone else from Nara Japan listen to the thunderstorm Monday morning. Really shook this place and freaked out the little dude. This was pretty much like the thunderstorm and tornado in Wakayama last year. Cool stuff in Japan.

- Facebook Post - Amanohashidate Update. This place is really nice. We drank quite a lot last night. Went fishing again this morning. Already caught over a hundred fish. Going again tonight then to the onsen sleep a bit and back home.

- Facebook Post - Einstein and Copernicus. Yup got puppies from Kyushu today. They were flown to us via ANA airlines. Drove a couple of hours to Osaka to pick them up. They are now about two months old and are half golden retriever and half shiba ken. They are named after dogs from one of our favorite movies. Many more pictures coming.