Sunday Morning Hikari Flea Market

We stopped for coffee on the way to Hikari "early" Sunday morning. This restaurant's roof is made to look like a samurai helmet.

Stan (in red) barely fits under a covered booth in front of the pagoda at the Hikari flea market. We like to come here because you never know what you might find. The temple grounds are beautiful and serene.

Some of the booths. It was sprinkling rain, but this does not stop the sellers or the buyers! This flea market is held every 4th Sunday, beginning at 7 AM. We usually arrive around 10 . . . (Hikari is about an hour's drive from Iwakuni.) 

This old veteran had just finished blowing his bugle.  

Entrance to the temple on the grounds where the flea market is held. 

This man had brought his collection to the flea market. He may have been a veteran of WWII. 

Some of his very interesting pictures and relics for sale.

A newspaper article with a picture of Emperor Hirohito in later years. He died in 1989, and was the longest-reigning monarch of Japan.  

Flowers along the canal. All of this beautiful canal area has been rebuilt since last summer's typhoon damage. 

Sunday baseball game at a school in Hikari. 

We were impressed to see this Japanese baseball team (young boys) standing at attention while their coach spoke to them. This field is beside the sea in Hikari. 

John, Lorri, and Stan on the pier in Hikari. OK, back up a little -- a little more . . . 

View from the pier. It was misty today because it was sprinkling rain off and on. 

Stone lantern sculpture on a pier in Hikari. 

This beautiful patio cover looks like it's made from logs, but it's made of cement. We've seen some fences like this. 

We think this might have once been a working lighthouse along the seawall in Hikari. It is made entirely of wood. 

Look what we found beside a 7-11 store! 

Computer nerds Stan & Lorri were drawn into what we thought was a computer store in Yanai, on our way back from Hikari. Turns out they sell a great deal more. A salesman invited John and Stan to try a massage in these Japanese "Lazy Boys." Stan said it was almost as good as the massage he had at the gym recently. It even massaged their hands and the bottoms of their feet!

Stan shows how to program it.

The price was originally about $4500, but it was marked down to about $3900, but today it's on sale for even less! No, we did not buy one. 

Computer land 

This laptop has a built-in camera. That's a picture of me taking a picture of the computer. 

TV land 

Sumo wrestlers on a 37" TV screen -- only 225,000 yen (just a little over $2,000). 

Stan liked this large fridge with separate compartments for everything.