Gasthof Hotel Kagoshima

Mahtava päivä Kagoshimassa! Mutta alkuun kuitenkin hiukan faktatietoa...

Kagoshima sijaitsee aivan Japanin Kyushu saaren eteläkärjessä ja asukkaita on noin 605 000. About Helsingin kokoinen pikkukylä on siis kyseessä. Historiaa löytyy vaikka muille jakaa, joten siitä on turha edes aloittaa. Ensimmäiset Japaniin tulleet kristityt kuiten...

Tämä yö meni aivan harakoille …tai siis KORPEILLE! En tajua mikä oli homman nimi, mutta korpit raakkui ja piti tässä hotellin lähellä koko yön aivan mieletöntä meteliä, joten unet jäi todella vähiin! Hiukan kävi mielessä, että olisiko kenties joku maanjäristys tulossa, mutta kyllä nämä korpit olivat muuten vaan kajahtaneita! :-)

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GETTING LOST

I arrived in Kagoshima, and had a pleasant walk from the train station to the area where my hotel is located. I had been warned by a tripadvisor.com review that the hotel has a narrow street frontage and is easy to pass by and miss. Then my difficulties began--I realized that every map I had showed south at the top, and tha...

Heute sind wir nach Ibusuke gefahren. Und eins vorweg, die Leute dort haben Geschmack ^_~ aber später mehr dazu. Auf jeden Fall ist es lustig, wenn man Japanisch versteht (muahaha..wer sagt was von verstehen...Bruchstücke!!). Da kommt eine 'Klasse junger Mädels in Uniform in den Zug, eine schaut uns an und meint lauter おめで&#...

Also heute gings wieder mit den Shinkansen (hier ist plural gemeint... aber Shinkansens gibts ja nicht!) Richtung ganz süden, nachdem wir nur etwa 1 1/2 Std. geschlafen haben. Nach Sendai 川内 in der Nähe von Satsumasendai. Bin drauf gekommen das ich im Flugzeug scheinbar meine Handy Earphones vergessen habe, deshalb bin ich froh das...

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 we...

We surveyed *ll the w*y to the southern end of the route before the we*ther got re*lly cr*ppy. The K*iyo M*ru h*ndled very well for * vessel of it's size *nd I think th*t's mostly due to the f*ct th*t the bottom isn't fl*t like most of the Gulf Mud Bo*ts I spend time on, *nd the f*ct th*t the weight is distributed evenly fore *nd *ft. We were *b...

Woke up to a very sunny and hot day - Dee has burned! Got tram, ferry and bus to Surakajima volcanoe island - amazing place. Si trying to work out how to put pics on web for you all. Seems to be a Tiffany's in the most obscure places of Japan - local shopping centre houses one - bizarre! Off to taste the nightlife later and then early night as t...

My legs were as stiff as a board when I woke up on Saturday morning, and the last thing I needed was another hike uphill, particularly as it was absolutely scorching outside. However, the prospect of seeing Sakurajima, the active volcano across the water from Kagoshima, from a superb vantage point was too good an opportunity to miss. Besides, af...

Yakushima was very attractive with its ancient nature, but we couldn't take a direct flight from Nagoya. So my mom and I took a flight from Nagoya to Kagoshima and stayed in Irifune hotel, which was the cheapest hotel, but it cost 4750 per person. In the next morning, we took another flight of Japan Air Commuter taking 30 mins to Yakushima. Ther...