2013年3月8日金曜日 - 
Dana - Kotobiki Beach in Kyoto
Last week, I went to Kotobiki Beach in Kyoto with some
friends. The commute to get there was
going to a bit difficult, costly, and
time consuming so we all chipped in and rented a car.
Normally, the trip would have only taken around two hours, but there was a massive traffic jam and it took us almost eight hours to get there! We were all a bit bummed by how long it took and it was nearly twilight by the time we arrived, but the beach was beautiful! Seeing as it is still only March, the water was quite cold but regardless of that, my friend and I both took off our shoes and climbed over some of the rocks off the shore. We explored the tide pools and found some really bizarre creatures that we had never seen before.
As dusk approached, it was getting very difficult to keep track of all the strange things we had
seen in the water, so we decided unanimously to leave the water before something
strange touched our feet. That was okay, though, because Kotobiki Beach is
famous for the squeaky sound the sand
makes when you step on it. That was a strange
phenomenon that we had never heard of before, so we weren't sure what
to expect. It really did squeak when we
walked! It required some force in order to be heard, so we had to stomp to hear it, as we were still barefoot. We finished off our day at the beach by
hunting for seashells and writing our
names in the sand. It was a short day at the beach, but we all had a great
time!
commute：乗り物に乗って移動すること
costly：お金がかかる
time-consuming ：時間がかかる
chipped in ：お金を出し合う
massive
：大規模な
traffic jam ：交通渋滞
bummed ：がっかりさせられた
twilight：たそがれ時
off the shore：岸を離れて
explored
：探検する
tide pools
：潮溜まり
bizarre creatures
：奇妙な生き物
dusk
：夕暮れ
approached：近づいてくきた
to keep track of
：～を追跡すること
unanimously：満場一致で
squeaky
：キューキュー言う
strange
phenomenon
：不思議な現象
squeak：キュッキュッ鳴る
stomp：足を踏み鳴らす
barefoot：裸足
seashells：貝殻