Niigata nature

We have arrived in Niigata Japan. Yea! I haven't been to Yukari's house here for a couple of years, but not much has changed. It did strike me just how different a world this is to where we live in North Carolina. Not sure I want to go back to the US at the end of this summer... Here are some photos taken in the yard at Yukari's family house, during what is the end of rainy season here in Japan.