Where am I?

Every week I play tennis with a group of Japanese and foreign friends. The tennis courts are outside of the city, at the base of a small mountain (read hill), which means that there are LOTS of bugs, especially in the summer. Last summer I got used to the hair-raising sizzle of bugs as they hit the bright lights surrounding the courts (not a soothing sound). Now, I don't consider myself sissy or a classic girl when it comes to getting grossed out by bugs, but last week I thouroughly grossed out by some of the exotic bugs that were flying around our tennis game. I felt like I was in a remote South American jungle or the marshes of the Nile. These bugs were freaky! (And actually kind of poisonous!) The two worst were a millipede (or centipede...I don't know the name, but all that matters was that it had about a thousand small stick legs that were allowing it to zip across the ground at an alarming rate!) and this small beetle thing that was entirely too big. I took pictures. If you're interested, I'll show them to you and you can be grossed out for yourself. After this experience, I'm not sure if I would be able to handle a really exotic location. Having a permanent shiver running down your spine is not a pleasant experience!