Kudamatsu Hige Contest 5/3

We're driving to Kudamatsu today for Stan to participate in the First Annual Japanese Hige Contest. Hige means "moustache or beard" & Stan heard about it from a friend on base, who encouraged him to enter. We're heading out of Iwakuni toward Hwy 2 near the Kintai Bridge.


Oh, that sign tells us it's going to be crowded today because of holiday travel. We're hoping that applies only to the Sanyo expressway & not to Hwy 2. The usually uncrowded expressways have become more crowded lately since the government allows people with installed electronic scanners in their cars to travel anywhere for only 1000 yen every weekend.


This is a sign for Sanzoku restaurant. We'll be driving past it in a little while.


Wisteria blooming alongside the highway.



Boys' Day fish flags flying in someone's yard.
















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