Garrison Family Blog: Nogawa Park, ASIJ Spirit Day,Enoshima Island Spa

In October we also did a lot of little neat things. One beautiful Saturday, we drove out to Nogawa park and let the kids run. This park is located next to Maya's school, ASIJ. It is green, spacious and has a lot of fun things for the kids to do and play on!

Hanna on Zip line

Maya on Zip Line

ASIJ Spirit Day- October 16, 2010
ASIJ held Spirit Day at school on October 16th, as a way to get kids and their families out to enjoy ASIJ sports and extracurriculars. There was a JV and Varsity football games, as well as soccer games, Jazz band performance, Hip hop dancers, school jam band, Girl scout cake walk (as well as other organizations running booths to raise money for different extracurriculars), food booths and just a lot of playing in the sun. We spent the entire day out there, which allowed us to see and run into friends all day long!

Maya Climbing High

Hanna- this kid has NO fear

Enoshima Island
On October 21st, I went with my friends Denise and Heidi to Enoshima Island, to enjoy a day at the Enospa. This Spa sits right on the ocean, so on a clear day, you can view Mt. Fuji, as well as look out into the ocean at all the windsurfers, etc. This spa had multiple pools- infinity pools, workout pools, salt water pools, hot pools, cold pools, pools in caves with waterfalls...it was truly fantastic. The link below is in Japanese (use Google Chrome to translate it)...after enjoying time in the pools, we went to the relaxation room, where for 4200 Yen, we received a 40 min full body massage (unbelievable!). From there, we went to have lunch at the Italian restaurant overlooking the water. We did this all between the hours of 9 and 4, and were back in time to get the older kids from the bus stop! Truly a fantastic day!

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