Awa Kanko Hotel Tokushima

... letto ad Hiwasa, la meta di ieri, e a meta' mattina mi ha accompagnato in macchina alla stazione. Hiwasa sulla guida viene descritta come tranquillo paese di pescatori, e sulla spiaggia (bella davvero) pare che vengano a deporre le uova le tartarughe. In effetti il paese e' estremamente tranquillo, e di nuovo nessuno parla inglese. Chiedo lumi su dove si trovi l'ostello al tizio dell'ufficio informazioni (via, ufficio...) e mi sento ...

... Docyu in Awa-Town Photograph The Anabukigawa which flows from these mountains has been chosen for six consecutive years as the clearest river in Shikoku by the government's water examination agency. The Dochu (sand pillars) in Awa-Town, Tokushima, rank among the top three sand pillars in the world, along with those found in ...

... difference in temperature between the coastal area and Mount Tsurugi. The annual precipitation in the Northern area of Tokushima Prefecture that ends up in the Yoshinogawa and the Sanuki mountains is less than 1,500mm. This area belongs to the warm and dry Setonaikai (Inland Sea) climate. In the past, making good use of this characteristic climate, there were ...

... which flows along the north side of the Shikoku Mountains, is one of the great rivers of Japan and is also known as "Shikokusaburou". Its source is in nearby Kochi Prefecture, and the river provides well-known scenic spots such as Oboke and Koboke in the Western part of Tokushima. The Yoshinogawa becomes larger as it flows ...

... made a quick bathroom pit stop, then we boarded our vessel and headed out for where the inland sea meets the pacific....that's where the whirlpools form! So, we headed out.. through the wind and cold, we passed the old shipyards and people pulling up crab traps in their boats. then, we got to where all the lookout ships had clustered..beneath a bridge to shikoku, where the whirpools began to form just as we got there. some boats seemed to ride right over them! It was so ...

... la rue, il y a des coins du style 3m sur 3m où les fumeurs peuvent fumer sinon il est interdit de déambuler une clope à la main. Il n'y a pas une poubelle dans les rues et pourtant il n'y a pas un papier par terre, étonnant. T'as des distributeurs de boisson tous les 100m. Je suis déçu, je n'ai pas une beaucoup de réponses de votre part concernant les crevettes... Mais une japonaise m'a expliqué comment faire. Incroyable. Le futur bonze

... excellent. Once on, no one bothers us. The Japanese are very rule abiding people. The rule says the bike must be wrapped, so the bike was wrapped, rule checked off, good enough. As we leave the final station 45 minutes later in Wakayama, the nice guy tells us that we aren't allowed to do what we just did. (I think, it was all in Japanese). Found our hotel, nice clean place, and took in the full culture shock of Japan: * So QUIET!!!! No horns. The ...

... they had in the museum. Even though the museum was mostly in Japanese, it was interesting to see how the dancing had progressed over the years. After WWII, Tokushima really focused on making the dance festival a tourist attraction, so they had posters from every year after the 1950s. Ashleigh and I first went to the top of the mountain that overlooks the city. It can only be reached by going to the top of the Awa Odori ...

... the same as always- still not suppose to run but doing it because I had to. Another more kind teacher overheard the conversation and asked what we were talking about and then adjusted her position so that I did not have to run as far. This was very kind of her and I felt very embarrassed. Basically I ran long enough to get the baton (the longest hand off I've ever taken part of) and pass it off again (the 2nd longest hand off I've experience in my life ...

... started off with us taking paper drinking cups to the restrooms to get a urine sample. No gloves, no lid, nothing! Now imagine that with Japanese style bathrooms, floor toilets, and no soap or paper towels! After urinating we had to carry our cups through the hall and wait in line behind 10 men, holding our cups of warm pee. After that horrifying experience we had our weight and height measured, I got scolded for setting my purse on the floor while getting ...