Miyazaki
Travel Blogs from Miyazaki, Japan
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Winding down...
... crabs, until I reached Kodomo-no-kuni, an amusement park facing the ocean. During spring, it is the main venue for the "Miyazaki Flower Fiesta" with a staggering 800,000 flowers on show, and sure enough it made for a colourful sight. Of course, this ...
OOOOOOOOOOOOceaan
... de zon daar wel. Met wat hulp van Rika vonden we de juiste trein en waren we alweer op weg. Ons eerste gastgezin in Japan moesten we spijtig genoeg achterlaten. We hopen dat ze eens op bezoek komen in België, dan kunnen we ook eens potluck feestje ...
Craziness
Unreal is only word I can use to describe the last 2 days. Just a hint: 3 days in Japan = 3 nights of Karaoke! We have been treated like rock stars since the day we arrived. 5-10 Japanese Rotarians are constantly shuffling us around to ...
Emergency Brakes and a Tiny Rental Car
... ). Even had deer come visit while we were in the outside onsen. Made a successful (thanks to the GPS) trip to our hotel in Miyazaki. Got on the JR train yesterday and toured south to Obi City where they have a city of old wooden houses and a Samari ...
Made it!
... and 4:20 am in the Eastern time zone. I've been traveling since 7:30 am yesterday. By the time I arrive in Miyazaki, I will have been traveling for almost 20 hours. I noticed that during my trip through customs in Nigoya that the further ...
Unreal Part II
... or Oliver in a given day. Today was my first vocational day. I toured 2 automotive parts manufacturers based here in Miyazaki. One factory was very typical of what I would expect to see in America. However, at the second factory, ...
Day 3- Exploring, Ramen and Dekavita C
Christmas day isn't a holiday in Japan so it's basically a normal day which was nice. We woke up at about 8 but by relaxed until about midday. Drank some champagne and ate the most exciting Christmas cake ever with a little sugar santa, snowman and ...
Bubblefishelicous
... uur. Maar het was de verplaatsing zeker waard. Het gesteente in deze vallei is erg zacht, zoals grootste delen van Japan. In Takachiho is er een diepe steile rivierbedding uitgesleten en zijn er kleine watervalletjes te zien. We maakte een wandelingetje ...
The 'K' words
... . Hij had andere bordjes voor ons gemaakt, waar op stond uitgelegd dat we graag zouden meerijden met de bestuurders, richting Miyazaki. Volgens hem zou dit veel duidelijker zijn. Dus we maakte nog enkele buigingen, bedankte hem nogmaals en gingen met onze ...
Surprise at the Airport!
Ok! I made it to Japan, however at the airport I was quite surprised to see 20 rotarians with a HUGE banner welcoming us to Japan. I was not in any shape to meet anyone, but I didn't have a choice. We were quickly shuffled off to our ...
Hunting for a Gundam and monjayaki
... , one of my teachers recommended it after learning that I loved okonomiyaki. You can only find it in the southern areas of Japan, and Tsukishima happens to be famous for having a lot of restaurants that serve it. Believe it or not, it took me an ...
Old school
... ik vermoed dat de neus niet gebroken is (maar eigenlijk hoop ik dat vooral). Dan nog meer dan een uur fietsen terug tot Miyazaki. Pfffffffffrt de fun was er even af :) Tegen de late avond stopt het bloeden, maar ik heb gekke dromen jongens jongens. ...
The Bar Miyazaki
... of nights last weekend at THE BAR. Its a bar in Miyazaki above the Pauls Smith Clothes shop not far from the main Miyazaki Station.@The owner, Sean, from New Zealand has a great little establishment there. Its only been open for less than a year but ...
Life is too short to spend it in cube land!
... and new people every day, you can't say that for cube life! We got to see how they grow crops from Tanzania to Japan. We got to see what school's look like from Malawi to Nepal. We got to see religious customs in Hindu, Shinto or ...
Thats all folks!
... reminder of how friendly people are. After almost a month of enjoying the crisp air and fall colors of the hills of Japan, we arrived in Miyazaki, which reminded me more of San Diego CA, with its palm trees and beach sand, then the New England hills ...
Hotel
found our hotel all right with the car navigation :-) got in the room and wow! one double bed !! just realizing that I booked for a 'double' not 'twin' which I meant... I checked my itiniary and was 'double'. I was wandering how I was going to survive ...
De Ibusuki à Ebino-kogen
Bon, ca y est, je vous ai fait trop languir, je vous raconte le bain de sable... Au Japon, vous avez dans votre chambre un yakuta, une sorte de pyjamas qui ressemble à une robe de chambre. C'est l'accoutrement à revêtir pour vous rendre au bain ...
Sumo!
Today I went to see some sumo. I had seen it on TV a few times, but decided to check it out in person. The Japanese Sumo Federation held only six Grand Tournaments a year, and only half of those were in Tokyo. Luckily, one (the aptly named May ...
Baywatch Aoshima
Heute sind wir nach _Aoshima gefahen. Surferparadis Japans und so. Lauter verfallene Hotels, indenen man super Horror Movies spielen koennte. Japanische Baywatch Typen gabs aber dennoch am strand. Da ist uns gleich wieder mal was passiert. Besser gesagt ...
Sights of Nichinan
Just some random photos of places around Nichinan, mostly near where the Nagatomo's live. Click photos for ...
5 Stunden Schlaf - 45 Stunden wach
... wiederder mal die Konversation von neuem aufgegriffen... ich hab nicht so richtig mit gemacht. Was will der eigentlich 4 Wochen in Japan? Geschlafen habe ich glaubs 30 Minuten. Definitiv zu wenig. Dann am Narita Airport mit etwa 30€. Ganzes ...
Chiran / Kagoshima / Miyazaki
... tour and sample as much as you want free - bliss for Juraj!! Of course we sampled a few and ended up buying a barley sochu. Off do Miyazaki where we decided to stay the night at the cypber cafe (so we can do this blog and a few other things) as ...
Currency and Kites
... . That worked for a while, but eventually the coins were cut and their content degraded until they became worthless and Japan reverted to a commodity-based system. The tendency of the currency exhibited was for big coins to be issued initially, shrinking ...
miyazaki - hunt for the pow
... weekend on a fools quest to find sweet powder on Kyushu. They call us...the POW hunters. Lol...we eventually found snow in miyazaki. Def no powder, but its the best Kyushu has to offer. Gokase Highland resort. 3 hours. Treacherous mountain passes. All for ...
Dans le parc national de Kirishima
Nous avons beaucoup de chance, le temps est au beau fixe en cette matinée. Et quand on est en montagne pour marcher, la météo est une préoccupation première. Les soucis de la veille pour trouver la station sont oubliés, aujourd'hui la voiture ...
Eikaiwa Kyoushitsu Reunion
Members from the Tougo and Aburatsu Eikaiwa Kyoushitsu of 1993-4. It was really great to see everybody again! I hope I got everybody's name ...
The End is Koko!
... , and saying "koko", which, it turns out, simply means "here". We've come to the end of this little adventure, here in Miyazaki Japan, so this will be the last of the regular blogs, with one more grand ultimo summary coming up in the near future. I ...
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