Eirfan, Yuri & Eiqmal in Japan: Trip to Chita Peninsula

August 11th - 2009

It's a mid of summer and we are feeling that want to go and play at the beach. So we decided to go for a day trip to Chita Peninsula just below Nagoya city. It was an early morning preparation and while packing, the news on tv said that there is a big shake of an earthquake at Shizuoka and Izu Peninsula. Well we did feel the shake a bit here in Nagoya too. While checking with the news regarding the earthquake, we continue packing and finally ready to wake up the kids.

Based on the guide on a magazine, we headed for our first stop at Mihama. It's a shrimp cracker's factory and one of the famous shrimp cracker in Aichi. The place called "ebi senbei no sato" (village of shrimp cracker). At the selling area there, 90% percent of the product can be taste as the free samples are provided. Well everyone loves free stuff hahaha... and we did buy a lot too. After that we went to the factory tour and see how the process being done.
Next stop is the beach.... we went to look for a white sandy beach...well... the beaches here not as free as homeland indeed. Even on a weekday like today..the parking fee really killing. We did stop at at fishing jetty to check out the heat and it's really hot and no beach near that area. Then we continue heading south and all the beaches need to pay the parking.. we just wont to stop for a while only and the 1000yen parking fare is too big for that. We did found beach and stop at a road side, but it was too hot to let the kids play at the beach. After snapping few shots we continue wandering and look for a restaurant to lunch.

The next stop is Minami Chita Beachland. It's a some kind of theme park for kids to meet with the sea creatures. There's a big aquarium to see the fishes and also and open pool with dolphins, penguins, sea turtles and more. Also an event where kids can get into the pool and play with the dolphins too. Well we were too late for all the events and we just go straight to the sea lion & dolphin show. My kids really enjoyed the dolphins show and Eirfan call it "the flying fishes". After the show we take a rest on the green grass here before heading to the last stop for our day trip.

It's almost dark when we leave Minami Chita Beachland and headed to Chubu International Airport for our last stop of the day. When we entered the arrival hall, Eirfan asked us "why everyone else got their traveling bags and we didn't bring any? Aren't we going to fly back to Malaysia?". Well we said that we will go back but not today hahaha. Seems that Eirfan wanted to see the aeroplanes at the viewing deck and Yuri follow her mum take a walk at the shop lots. After everyone met back, he took a short break at Starbucks before returning to our car. Just before we entered our car, Yuri asked me about her shoulder bag that she bring along into the airport. Seems that she left it some where and I rushed back to the places that we've been but I didn't found it. Then I asked the guy at the information point if he can check at the lost and found. But nothing similar to Yuri's bag was there and he told me to come again tomorrow or call again and check it with the lost and found section. Well, after took the contact number, I head back to our car and drove back straight to our home.
On the next day I called the airport and her bag is being put at the airport police station and I need to fill lost&found form before can get the bag. It took few days but we did got back Yuri's bag.