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... Beach which is right outside of our resort and also daily visits to the Chula-U hotsprings spa. It is ajacent to our resort so we can go there daily for free. I'll post pics as soon as I can find my camera usb cord! I hope I didn't forget it cause I can't find it!! LOL!

... Oh happy day. In Otaru we sought out a supermarket (not a convenience store) where the locals would shop. As those of you who know Asia would realise, supermarkets are generally in the basement of a building. So we found one with a complicated name (let's just call it 'supermarket') and went in to observe (and try to buy some Pepsi Max and lunch). There are lots of similarities to our local Woolies in Tuggeranong and some that make your toes curl a little ...

... I think it would be a fantastic place in the summer or autumn, but we were just a bit too early in the spring. Close to the train station, we stopped by an enormous farm that specialized in dairy cattle and layer chickens. We wandered abot the grounds for a bit, with Kaoru chirping about the cows. When we came out of the main exhibit building, one of the workers was bringing a cow across the yard. Kaoru ...

... if this is a Japanese translation issue, but wet, cold and miserable as we were, this sent Chuck and I into peals of laughter. This made it very difficult to remain some level of composure as we toured his house, with reverent Japanese looking at their beloved writer, and all we could think about was "well, these stairs are steep enough, he could have tried pusing himself down these, that would have done the trick..." We are sick minded people, and need ...

... completely destroyed during WW2. New modern buildings can be seen. We went in the mountains in the south of Aomori, Hakkoda-San. But as the weather was not really good we spent our time in a big Onsen resort with green-blue water. The bath there is so big that 1000 people could fit in ! Anyway, we appreciated the relaxing days and delicious food there!

... vapeur rajoute un petit air mystique... un repas gastronomique tres fin avec divers poissons (cru et cuit) fruits de mer et autre racine de lotus, le tout arrose de sake chaud, paracheve notre sejour dans ce petit paradis des sens ! (pas donne cependant... ;-) note : une subtile odeur de souffre nous a suivi durant toute la journee du lendemain...

... in a festival with a prince, riding on an elephant in Thailand and a tiger somewhere in the northern part of Japan. I remember taking camping trips with other kids all around the country and taking a Japanese dancing class with my mother to be in festivals. Years later I took a month long trip over to Japan with a group of Girl Scouts. I was able to experience everything I had again and it ...

... him up on his offer of some fried bacon and eggs if it had been open. It was a quiet day that we spent here, from our early start in the morning, we both tired so after a light dinner we headed to bed where we staying at the Tokoyo Inn, which is a chain business hotel (there are no hostels in the town of Aomori) it had free internet and free Japanese breakfast (pickles, rice and miso soup) which we dont really like, so we had some yoghurt and muesli of our own.

With my close friends, Hiro and Daiei, we travelled to Tohoku, north part of the main island of Japan in the summer of 1998. I was a graduate student at that time, but after the operation for retina detouchment, I took a rest for a while. We didn't have a graduation tour, so the travel was like that.

The main purpose was to join Nebuta Festival of Aomori. It took very long time to get to Aomori ...