White water rafting

Went to Minakami, Gunma prefecture for white water rafting with 3 other JETs. 45 mins drive by expressway. It was a lovely day for rafting. It was a bright sunny day and there was so much water in the river because it rained lots the night before and the snow was melting higher up in the mountains. The water was COLD!

The river was moving so fast. The course was about 20km long. It took us around 2 hours to complete it. 5 of us (including guide) in a 7-man raft...it was hard work, but we managed to catch a lot of rapids and it was really fun.

Not our photo cos the photos were too expensive, but got this photo from the website of the company we went with. We did get totally drenched like shown in the picture.