Central Hotel Isohara
Travel Blogs from Kitaibaraki
And we're back online!
Today we finished our work placement at the potato farm, possibly the only place in Japan without internet access. We are both pretty happy to be sitting in a clean and comfortable hotel room.
We arrived in Hitachiota on the 13th of February. Shortly after arriving, Toshika, our host, came to pick us up at the station. She took us back to the farm shop where she prepared a wild boar curry and rice. The wild boar had just been trapped the previous ...
Training!!
... the sea and hitting Hokkaido - it was such a contrast to Omiya, everything was white. Landing in New Chitose airport was cool, there was a snowstorm heading towards the airport as we landed but luckily we missed it.
So there you go, a brief overview of my training weeks, 11th - 24th January! I will hopefully update a proper detailed post about the last 4 days of experiences in SNOWY Sapporo. I'll make this more detailed soon - at least I posted something, right??
...
Further Tokai-mura Adventures
... temples, shrines, parks, community centers, etc., so figured we’d go explore some of their "12 Scenes in Tokai" and other historical sites.
We rode our bikes several kilometers up to the NW part of town (we’re staying in the SE). It’s always pretty nice riding bikes around here, as there is plenty of farmland, gardens, and traditional houses with ...
Hitachi Seaside Park
... multipurpose, with an amusement park ("Pleasure Garden"), a big grassy area for picnics and playing ball, flower and herb gardens, cafes, a BMX track for kids, miniature golf, a forest area, ocean view, beach just outside the park boundary, lots of walking paths, and a dedicated 9 km cycle route. Admission is very reasonable (< $5), you can rent bikes, and lots of families were ...
Tokai-mura
... with a hotplate and small toaster oven but no microwave or conventional oven), but rather spacious digs. It helped that they finally got the internet connection fixed on Mon evening; it hadn’t been working since we got here on Thu.
We have 2 fairly nice bicycles (free) provided by J-PARC, and a rental car so that we can do some exploring on our own. The car (an older, small Toyota Corolla II ...
TripAdvisor Reviews Central Hotel Isohara Kitaibaraki
Other places to stay in Kitaibaraki
-
Isohara Seaside Hotel
Isohara Onsen, Kitaibaraki | 4 star hotelfrom $117 -
Green Park Hotel
1113 Sekinami-cho Kamiokakami, Kitaibaraki | Hotel
