Minoo, Japan Travel Blogs

First Entry
Oct 18, 2006 (29 photos)

... cats and dogs in my life. And huge, massive black crows that caw very loudly. For those of you who have played Earthbound, Minoo is a lot like Onett. The town is just south of some very large mountains, and Osaka Gaidai is situated just at the foot of ...

Study Tour
Nov 2, 2006 (46 photos)

I just got back from our "Kyoto" Study Tour. It was a lot of fun, but we actually didn't go anywhere near Kyoto, so I don't know why it was called that. First we went to a Kirin factory that makes juices and teas, and had a factory tour. It wasn't very ...

Minoo Koen
Oct 21, 2006 (23 photos)

... Minoo Koen (Minoo Park) to look around. It's a park built in the middle of some heavily forested mountains. It's legendary in Japan due to the large waterfall and the wild monkeys. I did see the waterfall, but unfortunately I'll have to go another time to ...

Random Update
Oct 23, 2006 (10 photos)

... . It was probably the best- tasting steak I've ever had. I'll include some random photos. Also, I added more photos to my last entry from Minoo Koen. When you add comments, why not use your real name? I can't always remember everyone's screenname.

Halloween
Oct 31, 2006 (7 photos)

... here, Casey, told us some of the ghost stories here at Osaka Gaidai. Apparently, this school has the second highest suicide rate in Japan- at least one per year. It's also rumored to be haunted, most likely for that reason. There's supposedly a basketball- ...

Minoo
Nov 7, 2008 (7 photos)

... a Wendys next to the train station! So cold and wet from our hike we gladly went in for a bit to eat. Wendys in Japan tastes quite different than Wendys at home...especially the frostys which was a bit of a disappointment. Oh, and the Wendys doesn't have ...