Final day of our vacation in Yamaguchi. I put in almost 1.5 km of swimming in the morning as well as some quality time in the hot tub. By 11 am we had checked out and were on our way to kill some time before our return flight to Tokyo.

First stop was a national treasure. A pagoda from 1452. Quite beautiful. Our second stop was a handicraft community building. Chie tried to be a colourful… Egg?

Our final stop was the anti-climax. We went to where Christmas tradition in Japan started. A quite modern white church with colourful somewhat kinky glass. Not so impressive compared to the massive, old cathedrals you find in Europe. And no Santa in sight!!!

After that we went as straight as we could (the car navigator was not the best) to the airport and by 16:30 we were back home.