Hotel Crestia Kagoshima

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Eikä pelottanut yhtään, vaikka Sakurajima-vuori tuossa uhkaavasti koko ajan tupruttelikin! Jos se päättäisi nyt posahtaa, niin tulisipa ainakin tosi komea loppu! :-) Paljon enemmän olen huolissani Suomen harmauteen, pimeyteen, kylmyyteen, kateuteen ja totaaliseen luovuuden kadottamiseen hajoamisesta! Siinä on todellinen pelko!

Minä ainakin sain nyt Kagoshimasta ihan uutta energiaa ja tästä jatketaan mahtavilla mielillä eteenpäin! Näitä päiviä lisää kiitos...

... päässä kotoa! :-)

Niin, tämä reissu Tokiosta Kagoshimaan oli kokonaisuudessaan melkein tuhat kilometriä, vaati neljä junanvaihtoa ja kyllä nyt on istumalihakset kipeänä, siis hyvät ihmiset sentään! Kaikista junista, tämä viimeinen (Tsubame Shinkansen) oli ehkä hienoin ja viihtyisin. Lyhin vaihtoaika oli ainoastaan 3 minuuttia ja pisin 7, että siinä ei todellakaan ollut aikaa asemalla ihmetellä, vaan oli mentävä tuli persuuksissa! Onneksi osaan Hiraganat ja Katakanat nyt jo ...

... until check-in time or after check-out time, but nobody will let you check in early, just as a matter of principle because people are expected to follow the rules.

(In the USA, I have noticed that Marriott Hotels keep track of which rooms have been cleaned and they will let you check in early if a room is ready, but less-well-managed hotels won't allow early check-ins because they don't keep track of which rooms ...

... mal werd ich noch ne Bierdose in die Handnehmen und durchs Dörfl nacktflitzen...dann komm ich sicher ins Asahi TV ne!!! Da muss man sich nicht gleich nackt und betrunken im Park wälzen wie männliche Sänger das in Japan machen ne *zwinker*

Apropos, kann es sein, das eben dieser Jemand jetzt in einen ドラマDorama beim Sender KYT4 (Super Sender da spielens ein Dorama nach den anderen ^_^) mitspielt. Weiß ja nicht um was es geht, aber ein paar hübsche Jungens arbeiten ...

... mich mit dem Hähnchenbräter..eh Toribrater unterhalten und da kommt dann noch ein Kunde dazu und der fängt auch mit mir zu reden an und ich antworte brav auf alle fragen und hin und her... Voll euphorisch gehen wir nach den Yakitoris weiter und ich frag in einen Geschäft was das denn ist (war ein Fischer der dick in Konbu eingerollt war) und ich sag gleich mal auf japanisch "Das möchte ich bitte probieren!" - die Dame schaut mich zuerst perplex an (da hab ich schon bemerkt das man ...

... beforehand. As you enter the shower area, you're made to hand your hakata back - thank god there was a separate female and male facility! (clearly Louise wrote this!) - and then rinse off the sand in the showers. You are then directed through to the main pool (again separate facilities) where everyone is scrubbing and washing themselves down, completely naked, with no inhibitions whatsoever before soaking in the warm pools. Not really my scene!! Jim of course ...

... pictures, I c*n't describe it in words. Phil set off to do his dirty work *nd the rest of us offlo*ded *nd m*de our w*y *s * group to the Aeon m*ll where we proceeded directly to the McDon*lds in the food court. I felt like * dirty cliche Americ*n for doing this but I re*lly couldn't resist *fter e*ting *ll th*t str*nge J*p*nese food for so long. In the mornings we h*d convinced the g*lley h*nd to le*ve out b*con, eggs, *nd to*st. We prep*red bre*kf*st ourselves on the hot pl*te ...

... free to place them in the secure high chair within your stall. Confused about all the options? Not to worry, instructions are posted on the wall, fear no more! And enjoy. Seriously, after some of the toilet paperless, swarming fly squat toilets in part of SE Asia, can you imagine our absolute elation at walking into that?! Freakin' heaven. Canaussie rating: Ibusuki onsen: 5+++ you feel great afterwards and it's so unique Izumi crane breeding ...

... per night in Abo where was comfortable to stroll around in the morning. Because it was difficult to visit many attractions by public transportation, we decided to rent a car for the second day and then, went round the island anticlockwise. We visited Shitogo Gajumaru-en Banyan Garden, Nagata Inakahama Shore, Okonotaki Waterfall, Hirauchi Shore Hotspring. On our way, we met wild Yaku monkeys sitting on the road. We had a trouble in finding ...

... of Japan's busiest ports next door to a potential natural disaster. Shiroyama Park was full of stray cats. I started playing with one of the kittens (couldn't resist, even though I'm allergic to them). It wasn't long before I realised that he was following us after all the attention I gave him. It broke my heart, but I had to do a runner on him, leaving him behind with another older, less than friendly cat. Oh yeah, we also checked out the statue of Japan's best loved man ...