![We're all going on a summer holiday...](https://angelajeffs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/on-the-train-224x300.jpg)
We’re all going on a summer holiday…(All photographs courtesy of Chiaki Takahashi and Kevin Dodd)
![Arrived at Tazawako station... now by bus to the pension!](https://angelajeffs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/13669016_1051637944928902_5537954691910438463_n-300x224.jpg)
Arrived at Tazawako station… now by bus to the pension!
![Signed in, beds allocated, backpacks unpacked and it's across the road and down to the lake...](https://angelajeffs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/13895259_1052146938211336_8360166177634931825_n-224x300.jpg)
Signed in, beds allocated, backpacks unpacked and it’s across the road and down to the lake…
![One way to get accustomed to the water... by paddling a paddleboat!](https://angelajeffs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/13882393_1052147244877972_489240981625331131_n-300x224.jpg)
One way to get accustomed to the water… by paddling a paddleboat!
![Only just got here and look, a fish!](https://angelajeffs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/13668761_10210322201233909_370836975340909453_o-300x225.jpg)
Only just got here and look, a fish!
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Time to go back; it’s sun set…
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After supper there is music; normally That Sounds Good is a live lakeside jazz venue…
![Musician friends from around the lake came to play...](https://angelajeffs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/13882343_1052146604878036_6914560180579653395_n-300x224.jpg)
Musician friends from around the lake came to play…
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A high school helper leads the way back…
![Exploring...](https://angelajeffs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/13923312_10210323094856249_4898728845815391299_o-300x225.jpg)
July 30: Up early – 3am for some excited enthusiasts is reported! – Chiaki and explorers…
![Hard to get them out of the water...](https://angelajeffs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/13653054_10210323094896250_3147318584218357210_o-300x225.jpg)
Hard to get them out of the water…
![Fun and games outside That Sounds Great](https://angelajeffs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/13920137_10210323100416388_8105795623118993894_o-300x225.jpg)
Team games build trust and cooperation…
![13710621_10210323102176432_1101867623881706280_o](https://angelajeffs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/13710621_10210323102176432_1101867623881706280_o-300x225.jpg)
Ball games in front of the pension…
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Everyone loves drawing…
![Time for English interaction with Kevin](https://angelajeffs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/13873222_1052499584842738_2982287117845022335_n-300x300.jpg)
Time for English interaction with Kevin
![Help with homework from Heather...](https://angelajeffs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/13873222_1052499614842735_1002755583263028593_n-1-300x300.jpg)
Help with homework from Heather…
![Craft workshop](https://angelajeffs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/13680606_1052499528176077_5138568761485011769_n-300x300.jpg)
Craft workshop
![Local wildflowers used for souvenirs...](https://angelajeffs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/13901423_1052499571509406_1957378498429293210_n-300x300.jpg)
Local wildflowers used for souvenirs…
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Time for more workshops…
![Appreciating nature...](https://angelajeffs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/13626544_1050453115047385_8615374279651350200_n-300x300.jpg)
Appreciating nature…
![13920880_1053594924733204_1018035685828683904_n](https://angelajeffs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/13920880_1053594924733204_1018035685828683904_n-300x224.jpg)
To That Sounds Good… a gift of appreciation…
![Sleeping...](https://angelajeffs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/13895058_1053594724733224_2039808558836297551_n-1-300x224.jpg)
Sleeping…
![Appreciating good food (most foraged and grown locally)](https://angelajeffs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/13913871_10210323095576267_4175494155160617856_o-300x225.jpg)
Eating… (most food foraged and produced locally)
![13680130_10210323095776272_7585562276156242801_o](https://angelajeffs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/13680130_10210323095776272_7585562276156242801_o-300x225.jpg)
Chiaki, have you lost your sunglasses?
![13886477_1053655851393778_1112646228702842494_n](https://angelajeffs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/13886477_1053655851393778_1112646228702842494_n-300x224.jpg)
The last swim…
![Until next year...](https://angelajeffs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/13920672_1053593348066695_1200011986453119633_n-300x224.jpg)
Until next year…