Ace Inn Kagoshima

... jo ohitse?? Virhe! Alkutaipale näytti kyllä ihan lupaavalta, mutta yhtäkkiä pamahti hirvittävä määrä ihmisiä kylkeen ja siinä vaiheessa oli ihan turha enää räpiköidä. Virta vei mukanaan ja tietysti vielä väärään suuntaan kiertävään junaan, auts! Ei tässä nyt onneksi mitään katastrofia päässyt käymään, heitettiin vaan vähän pidempi lenkki ja jäätiin sitten Shinagawan asemalla pois. Mutta ikinä ei kannata yrittää isojen laukkujen kanssa Tokion aamuruuhkaa! Ei ikinä! Suosittelen ...

... I saw a guy restocking a Coca-Cola vending machine on the street, and figured he'd know the neighborhood and he'd be safe to ask since he has a steady job which is not at a sleazy nightclub. I showed him the map. His assistant said "Praza Hotel" and pointed the way to one block ahead and then a block to the left. Which was exactly right. I was so happy to arrive at the Kagoshima Plaza Hotel! After I checked in, you can ...

... Ja, es ist heiß aber angenehm. - Nicht wahr. Fühlen sie mal hier das Wasser. - Ah, es ist kalt. - Ja, genau.
Jaaaa jaaa sowas nennt man richtig wichtige Konversation.. Onsen Konversation... Raus aus dem Bad, Blicke der vor allem jüngeren Mädels ignorier und Bauch einzieh...jaja mein Wald ist abgeholzt....Die dreckige Yukata wurde am Eingang weggeschmissen jetzt hab ich nur ein kleines Handtüchlein...und geh wieder retour... aber da ist der Gang wo sich Männer und Frauen trennen... え ...

... das kann ins Auge.,.. oder aber auf die Hose gehen...
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So jetzt noch ganz kurz (will heute mehr als 1 1/2 Std schlafen!!). Ich find das ganze Melon Geschmacksdingsi total toll. Die keks mit Melonengschmack, Milky Zuckerln mit Melon geschmack usw. und überhaupt supergut ist das cream melon getränk (sehr empfehlenswert!!). Apropos Getränk. Da wir das mit den nicht schwitzen der Japaner geklärt hätten (siehe letzter eintrag wurde von mir editiert), wurde ...

After catching an early train out of Hiroshima - arrive in Kagoshima around 12 noon and make our way to the traditional Japanese Ryokan we're staying at there. In Tokyo we picked up a free magazine which mentioned sand baths just outside Kagoshima so after dumping our bags we decided to head out to Ikubusi to check them out. The baths involve wearing a hakata (a traditional Japanese robe) and nothing else and heading out from the public baths to the beach where ...

... McDon*lds, then directly to the beer m*chine. Now th*t we h*d covered our prim*l urges, we could he*d on into downtown *nd see wh*t kind of trouble we could get into. We hopped into c*bs *nd he*ded downtown on * se*rch for internet. We found * cyber c*fe *nd sent our mess*ges home *nd then we w*lked *round downtown. We p*ssed * Buddhist temple *nd w*lked through * covered m*rket where we did some shopping. We *ll went our own w*y to do our person*l shopping *nd *greed to meet up *t ...

... filled with sand from the tumbles I took. After sunbathing for about an hour we try and clean up with the outdoor shower provided by the beach but find these black tiny little pebbles that stick to your skin and are very difficult to remove. I give up and decide to live with them until they decide to leave on their own. We then go back to our ryokan to say our goodbyes to the owners. I have a very good conversation with her ...

I'm having trouble believing that 4 weeks has passed so quickly. Today is the last day of the GSE program. What am I doing for my last day with Rotary? Playing Golf - Japanese style. This last week has not been nearly as hectic, but I have still been busy visiting companies and sightseeing ...

... cedar, we visited Kigensugi cedar, which was about 3000 years old and it was very easy to access, but impressive enough. Near the cedar, Yakusugiland Park was located. It was a park for everybody including seniors and small children to enjoy seeing some Yaku cedars which lived more than 1000 years. By the way, only the ceders which are more than 1000 years old are called Yakusugi ceders in Yakushima. We stayed in Minshuku Hanasatsuki for 3150 ...

... you, this was before we visited the tear-jerking museum). Ah well, better than a postcard shot I guess. Anyway, back to Kagoshima. We were starving so Nakazono-san showed us a restaurant and shouted us a bottle of shochu (Kagoshima's specialty). Mike just happened to mention in passing that back in Osaka we had drunk the stuff straight. Nakazono-san (whose English was impeccable) widened his eyes and exclaimed, "NO STRAIGHT!". Apparently we were supposed to water is down ...