Tottori
Travel Blogs from Tottori, Japan
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The Plan
... I am planning to go to Fukuoka and then head to Yufuin in Oita prefecture and then contrinue down to Kagoshima and onto Nagasaki. The trip is part of the plan to visit all the prefectures in Japan which will be down to 1 after the trip leaving only ...
Good Bye to Japan
... I left my childhood home in Jacksonville. I also counted 17 different places that I have stayed. I have enjoyed living in Tottori as the prefecture is blessed with a beautiful coastline and green mountains with not many people. The people are nice too ...
More Onsens and Ryokans....plus a Japanese garden
... is just not easy for a non-Japanese. Though it must be mentioned that it is beautfiully presented, as you will see from the photos that we took. Overall, we give this ryokan a thumbs up, mostly because of its wonderful onsen. Next stop - ...
Day before
... packed yet. I am waiting my clothes to dry before I pack them away. The other day I bought all the train tickets from Tottori to Kyushu, around Kyushu, Nagasaki to Tokyo and finally Tokyo to Osaka before arriving back in Tottori on January 2nd. It cost a ...
Totally Tottori
... of sashimi, some edamame beans, some yakitori etc. We headed back to our hotel through the constant rain to our hotel. Tottori is a fairly nondescript town and we were there on Sunday which meant that many shops were closed, which made it even ...
Climbing Daisen
We climbed the extinct volcano of Daisen today. Nearly 3 hours up and a punishing 2 hours down. Sadly it was very misty and drizzly so we saw very little except a few pleasant locals that we passed on the way. I don't think they get ...
Arrivee au Japon
Me voici donc a Honshu l ile principale de l archipel nippon Depart en train pour Kyoto.... Je vais prendre le fameux Shinkansen.... TGV ...
We are in the beautiful area of hiroshima ...
... we visited the castle tower in Matsue, then proceeded to the gentle coastal town of Yonago to dip our feet in the Sea of Japan. After the sun went West, we drove downtown to enjoy good food and conversation at a local Izakaya (bar-restaurant). After ...
Tan In Japan
... , we rode back to her place and I quickly showered and finished packing while we savored our last hour or two of hanging out in Japan together. My stomach was still upset, so I was dreading a long ride, but it sorted itself out before I left. ...
Teaching English
... to learn trade skills instead. Some students, however, persevere beyond the expectations because attending a university is highly important in Japan. When we arrived at school, I signed in and got a name tag, then traded my outdoor shoes for ...
Japan, Day 8, The biggest Wettest Castle.
Today we went on trains, visited Himji Castle, went shopping in Himeji (and discovered how crazy expensive kimonos are.. goodbye house deposit :p!!), got very wet, joined an internet cafe, and spent a very wet hour looking for our hotel in Kyoto. ...
Sand in my shoes and other places
... break, or fishermen and their families, whose workday starts and ends before many people wake up. After the beach we drove to the Tottori Sakyu, the sand dunes. It's hard to describe how cool the dunes are. I went there once before about ten years ago. ...
Life thus Far.
... ! That night I went to a popular foreigner bar, MAC"s, and start talking the woman and man behind the bar, both from Japan. i was saying that I orginally wanted to go to this festival in the mountains called "Kaze no Matsuri", Festival of the Wind. It ...
This and that
... , on the road, wherever. Pat and Takashi were employed in Lafayette, where they made Isuzu Rodeos When I informed Pat I was moving to Japan, he said good luck and keep in touch. A few weeks ago, he let me know about his friend in nearby ...
Vending Machines RULE here!!
With so many "sickies" in our group, and the rainy weather... most of us hung around the hotel today. I devided my time between writing, catching up on blogs, and a few more episodes of FAMILY GUY. We are also at the hardest part of our 8 week stay ...
Taking A Breather
... tube on Jenna's bike, we met up with her friends at a local pizza place. The service was FANTASTIC!! Service is Japan is always great because everyone's so nice here, AND they serve glasses on water with your meal. Jenna & I split a ...
Fotograph Club's Trip
being a member of photograph club is not easy. I must walk..and walk....hunt for a good picture. I hate to do ...
The meeting of the Big man aka Carmichael san
... was big Ewan. Ewan to everyone else. For those of you who have no idea what Ewan is doing in a remote part of Japan, Ewan is teaching english to school kids. Right Ewan advised me that there were literally 10s of diffferent beers to try out so as ...
A 4 1/2-Hour tour... A 4 1/2-hour tour!
... fall here are so vivid. So to see mountains at the height of their color was really special. We approached Yonago, and could see the Japan Sea in the horizon. No matter where in the world I am, it is always exciting and comforting to see a big body of ...
Tottori Sand Dunes & Sand Museum
... month, I have visited smaller sand dunes, Nakatajima sand dunes in Hamamatsu, but this time, I expected greatness from Tottori sand dunes. Unfortunately, however, they were a little bit disappointing, because the dunes were covered with snow and ...
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