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After a little over two months, all of our stuff arrived in Japan. The joy of no longer living in the hotel of our own home is indescribable. "Christmas" was Saturday at 8 am sharp on Labor Day weekend. 

Battling a raging hangover, I directed the movers where to drop everything. Moving to a place half the size of your old house requires a lot of creative furniture placement. We spent most of Labor Day weekend deciding what to keep and what to donate.

To break up the monotony of moving, we planned a trip to Shipwreck Beach on Monday. Shipwreck Beach is on the coast of Shimokita Peninsula and a quick hour drive from Misawa.

The beach is beautiful and serene. The waters are calm, but have a deadly undertow and are filled with jellyfish, so swimming is not recommended.

One of the main draws of the beach is the abundant amount of sea glass. Sea glass is frosted white, brown, or seafoam green in color. I realize that sea glass is merely broken bottles made smooth by the ocean, but it's very fun to hunt for and looks beautiful in clear glass jars.

We combed the beach for almost two hours, putting all of our finds in a small bag. I really wanted to stay until sunset so I could take pictures of the shipwrecks with the sunset, but the puppy was getting tired.

On our drive back, the sun began to set. I begged Mark to pull over and thankfully he did.

Once we got home, we started uploading the pictures we took with our good camera. They turned out really well, and with a little Photoshop action, we should have some nice ones to frame.