Hajikino Field Park
Travel Blogs from Sado
Boot fahren
Der Tag stand ganz im Zeichen des Boot fahrens. Zuerst mal mit der Autofähre von Niigata nach Sado, eine Insel, die vor Niigata liegt. Die Autofähre haben wir ein paar Tage vorher übers Internet reserviert, sonst hätten wir eh blöd aus der Wäsche geschaut. War nämlich ziemlich voll. Mit der Reservierung bewaffnet haben wir unser Auto erst mal auf den Ladeplatz gestellt. Da sind zum Glück schon ein paar andere gestanden, da konnten wir uns einfach ohne viel ...
Sado & Niigata
... no-mori Park. That was the destination where my mam was eager to go. The toki is Japanese crested ibis and its scientific name is Nipponia Nippon, literally Japanese Japan. (Incidentally, Japanese national bird is not toki, but Japanese pheasant.) However, I heard that tokis were in the cage and visitors could see them from a distance. So I was worried if my mam could see them in spite of her bad eyesight.The main building for visitors was a complex of a small museum and ...
Sado Island
... 500 (USD 81) per person. There are a few different options to get to Sado, but I highly recommend NJA.
Sado Airport is the smallest airport I have ever visited. Fortunately, because we booked a cheap airport taxi at Niigata Airport, in ten minutes we were at Ryotsu, the port village where ferry boats from Niigata arrive. Unfortunately, because the airport is located in the rural area of the island, if you take a usual taxi from Ryotsu, it costs JPY ...
The Phone Call
... cold. Luckily, the train station was open and the waiting room was warm. Reality of my mum's death sank in as the train weaved around picturesque snow covered mountains and small villages of the Yonezawa region. I quickly wiped the tears off my face as the conductor came by. Few hours later, I was at Narita Airport with a six hour wait in the JAL lounge before I boarded my flight to ...
From Takayama to Niigata.
... possible to pull up a daikon from the vegetable plot, just by reaching out of the train window. A lot of the plants and trees I don't recognize, but along rice, apples, onions, daikons, cabbage and tomatoes seem to be very popular in this area and why not, when the soil is rich and the imported fruit and vegetables are very expensive.
Northern Honshu is famous for rice, sake and sushi, so this is what we are heading up north to enjoy. We don't have enough time, or ...
