Yufunogo Saigakukan

... cuisine, but also including relaxing baths that look out on the river and mountain landscape. As you sit on the boat you can enoy the dangling paper lanterns reflecting off the water, the scenic mountain views, and the charm of the men pushing the boat along with wooden oars. The hotel even lends out yukata (summer kimono) which allows you to be a part of the tradition even more.
The boats are best enjoyed with a large group of people ...

... from Oita City to Nakatsu on the JR Nippo Line , it takes about one-hour, and is a nice ride as you can buy food and drinks from a lady who comes by each car with a cart of snacks. Since there were two of us going round-trip we bought the special discount 4-tickets for 9,800yen total (thats 2450yen or about 25dollars for each ticket) It would certainly be a better deal with the JR passes but I cant get that since I am living in Japan ...

13 Julio 2009 - Aso

Nos levantamos a las nueve y pico. Yo creo que me llegue a comer por lo menos 2 bichos durante la noche. Mas proteinas. Es lo que tiene el dormir en medio de la naturaleza. Menos mal que no optamos por el camping...
Mientras estabamos desayunando, la viejita del hostal tenia puesto un programa sobre Francia, Avignon. Cada poco rato, se levantaba de su asiento y se acercaba a la pantalla para ver los detalles de las catedrales y ...

... Eso si, teniamos el hostal para nosotras solas, siendo las unicas huespedes.
Nos sentamos un ratillo en la terracita a disfrutar de la brisa -necesario despues de haber estado cargando con las peazo mochilas. Las tiendas cerraban pronto, asi que nos dirigimos a Lawson a comprar la cena. Por el camino nos fijamos mejor en el paisaje. Uno de los volcanes estaba humeando y las montanas, que ahora se veian claramente con el sol del atardecer, tenian un ...

... like a business and a new product. Basically you could have an amazing product to sell that you know will do well within its market but if you don’t promote it correctly it will fail to make an impression; well the same sort of principle can be applied to you. You could tick all the boxes and be the ideal candidate for a job but if you don’t come across well in the translation of your CV then you have no chance of ...

... You can feel your heat beat in your feet.

After you are done in the sand you then proceed to the Onsen area. You get naked (still no one around), wash all the sand off you then jump in the boiling hot bath. Now, after the long hot bike ride and the sand, then the bath, I was on the verge of passing out. The bath was so hot! I dragged myself out and couldn't walk straight. Very relaxing but very draining as well. Just as I was leaving a couple ...

... Having been in Japan for a week and being used to the communal bath facilities, the onsen experience was totally fine. I think if Americans every get over their conservativeness about their bodies, they'd enjoy the experience of soaking for long periods of time in hot water. The draw of this spa was the slightly alkaline water which was supposed to be good for arthritic and muscle aches, which was appropriate given the day I had.



After about 1-2 hours of ...

... quickly and made "like a fish" back to the main path. Unfortunately the town is that small that there is only 1 restaurant which remained closed all day. That night - despite staying in a relatively expensive Ryokan, recently refurbished with all mod cons - we ended up eating pot noodles from the garage down the road - talk about reining the budget in!! Great place to spend a couple of days though having the ability to cook would have helped.

Sun Ming Ming is the tallest human being I have ever seen. The Chinese center is 236 cm (7 foot, 9 inches) tall. He is shy and soft-spoken and doesn't seem particularly interested in doing interviews with sports writers. But I've been happy to have my chance to chat with him twice in English this season. Still haven't written the "big ...

After lingering around Aso waiting for the train, I arrived at Beppu around 3pm. Hot spring bathing is the only thing to do here, there was no need to rush. Beppu is a spa town with hundreds of Onsen baths. The lp describes it as, "quaint yet crowded, traditional and modern." The hostel I'm staying at has its own onsen which is free for guests; I took a dip in that late afternoon just before I headed out for something to eat. For dinner I went to Toyotsune ...