Hotel First Kochi
3-15-10 Harimaya-cho Kochi, Kochi, Shikoku, 780-0822, Japan
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Kochi, Katsurahama, Oboke, Kazurabashi, Kotohira
... in the castle, and if I hadn't had much time in Kochi, I would have skipped it, but I found out that it was worth visiting later. Kochi Castle has one of the 12 remaining castle keeps of Japan and the wooden structure was tasteful. The castle keep itself was comparatively small, but a view from its top floor was good. After I descended the castle hill, while I was taking a photo of Yamauchi Kazutoyo, a middle-aged guy showed up and offered me a photo shoot. ...
Halloween extravaganza with a Japanese twist
... me with ample opportunities to be a good person. Months before this day I had signed up to assist in a local Halloween celebration. This celebration is one of a kind. An American living in a rural town in Southern Japan puts on the celebration. She expresses to me that this year there are more participants then any year before. I am still surprised Halloween has not taken Japan by storm. This country is ...
Happy rafting
Singing rooms for rent by the hour, late night noodle bars and the road wider than a car with wing mirrors still attached are some of the things that haven't quite made it up the Yoshino-gawa river into the Iya valley. Ancient vine bridges, outdoor riverside hot springs and white water rafting are definitely there, and we've tried them.
When the first question upon arrival at a guest house is "do you have enough food ...
Campsite, river, sun - perfect! What will we eat?
... was closed. On asking in the post office they told him there was another shop around 2km away, and as it was a nice morning he thought he'd walk that too. It turned out to be around 10km in total, but it actually only took about an hour and a half to walk it, along the side of a scary, but thankfully quiet, road. The shop they were talking about was actually in the next town, and nearly out of the Iya valley!
Jonny arrived back, on the bus this time, with two bags ...
We found a great campsite :) It closes tomorrow :(
... that had decided they seemed comfortable for the night. Jonny helpfully grabbed the camera and took a photo of it.
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Dopo un paio di ore su un trenino locale siamo arrivati alle gole di Oboke, da li abbiamo condiviso un taxi con un Americano per Kuzurabashi, dove dovrebbe esserci un campeggio. Sulla ...


