My Summer Vacation

As I said, I finally got the scuba diving license this summer. It was not difficult to get it, but took time and money. I went to one pool and two beaches to practice diving.




First I went to a pool at Shirasaki beach which was located in Wakayama prefecture and practiced how to prepare equipments, go in to water, and use a regulator which was a equipment supplying me air. I was very surprised and impressed because I could breathe under the water. But equipments were very heavy, so it was hard work to hump them and walk around. I practiced two ways to dive into the water. Falling into the water backward from bench and taking a big step to the water. I needed some courage to do the former because felt scared before dropping. Anyway I could do all skills I learned and practiced.

About one week after, I went to Otomi beach which is located in Hukui prefecture. It was not large enough for people who wanted to enjoy swimming, so there were only divers. That day I practiced skills I had learned at pool in the sea. So I saw some fish during practicing. The sea was a part of the Sea of Japan, so there were fish what I usually ate as meal. They looked beautiful and also delicious.



Next time, I went to Shirahama beach located in Wakayama. I think most of you know the beach because it is famous for its beauty and many people go there to enjoy swimming every summer. That day I enjoyed diving. I could see many fish like tropical. I also saw some sea anemones. In sea anemones, a fish, which was famous for the movie "Finding Nimo", lived. However the fish was not exactly the fish casted in the movie. The fish casted in the movie was named kakure-kumanomi in Japanese, but the fish I saw was kumanomi. Anyway it was beautiful colored. I could have very good experience to get a scuba diving license in this summer.


If you are interested in scuba diving, you can get information to click here(in Japanese) or here(in English).

I took part in the Circle Freshman Camp and went to Hachi highland in Hyogo prefecture. The camp was held to educate freshman circle members and give them a chance to make good relationship with other circle members.



First day night, we cooked curry and rice by ourselves. We had not enough time to cook, so girls of our group cut ingredients smoothly and fastly. However guys, of course including me, could not make a fire easily. Eventually we became the latest group.



Second day morning, we started for the top of the mountain. The roads were kept up and it was not hard to walk, but as we went higher, the roads were rough and some people stumble and slipped. Finally we came to the top. However, though we had expected to see beautiful view, we could not see it because of thick mist. We got disappointed.



Afternoon, we enjoyed a kind of quiz game. The rule was that we had to go to rooms in the hotel and find some paper quizzes were written in. If we could get the answers, we could fill in crossword. Filling in the crossword completely, we got the answers that where was goal, and we went there. All of us were very excited.



In the night each group showed something like show. Some talks horror stories, some did like


quiz shows, and others tried to make audiences to burst into laughter. All groups were very amusing. The camp was more interesting than I had expected.



They are parts of what I enjoyed in this summer vacation.