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Tokyo to Izu Oshima
... quiet and the speedlimit 40 kph, which seems impossibly slow. The Japanese also drive on the left hand side of the road which made things easier.
Our first stop was the pummice dessert. We were told it was near a concrete eruption shelter and soon located it. We parked the car and began to walk in when a local taxi driver passed with a car full and said it was a long way. So we copied him and went off road to reach ...
Japan moto trip (Izu Skyline)
... in had a train station so I always aimed for that. Shimoda is a beautiful little place. Make sure you take the time to go for a walk. It’s so quiet. There are so few cars you can just walk down the middle of the road almost. I checked out Perry’s memorial, a US seaman who negotiated to start trading with the Japanese by landing in Shimoda a couple of centuries ago… including just traipsing along the shore checking out boats and people fishing.
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Soaking in an onsen in Ito, plus tokyo cont'd
... I think around new year`s I`ll go again only this time to Fujikyu land; an amusement park, that`s really famous here for the good rollercoasters :P
So next time I`ll tell you about my time in Nikko and Kyoto, about the wide variety of vending machines here and about all the other stuff I`ve done so far. For now, more weird foods: apple fanta, creme brulee flavoured beer, pickled plum, pickled egg plant and something I`ve seen but not yet tried: green tea flavored kitkat.
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Shuzenji Onsen, Izu Peninsula
... Shingon Buddhist priest, Kobo Daishi, is said to have struck the riverbed adjacent to the local temple with an iron staff, causing a hot spring to spurt forth and cure a local man's affliction. This hot spring still exists, but cannot fully be bathed in. It is now a foot bath which is still very enjoyable seeing as you are sitting literally in the middle of ...
Owl City Concert, 7 Waterfalls and a Sunset
... back to Izu Hanto by the super bullet (Shinkansen). We kept chatting and drinking some of the wine, beer and other things I bought once or received as present, until very late. The next day I took her to a place where I had already been with my parents, the 7 Waterfalls. I specially wanted to show her the biggest Waterfall with view from the Ryokan and its Outside baths. Beautiful spectacular view... but unfortunately, due to the typhoon ...
