Hotel Jal City Matsuyama

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Bathe with the public

A travel blog entry by gadaboutdad

... to access the local train, boarded then traveled 20 minutes to the nearby port town called Takahama. This is the location of three ferries, one large, one small, and third is one of those catamaran high speed ferries. Why so many ferries? I was surprised to learn that Japan is composed of 6,852 islands of which 421 are inhabited. I had no idea!

The ancient gent at the little train station was very help to me. ...

Getting butt naked at a Japanese hot spring

A travel blog entry by david.crowther

... area. Finally, before leaving, I was given a short tour of the emperor's private bathing facilities (unfortunately it was forbidden to take pictures).

From the onsen, I took a short walk to Ishteji temple but I have to admit I felt it was a bit of waste of time. The temple itself was a little disappointing and there didn't appear to be all that much to see (perhaps I just didn't look thoroughly enough) so I headed back to Dogo Station, stopping at a little shrine ...

Matsuyama Castle

A travel blog entry by un_vieil_homme

... There we visited the castle. This castle is still in its original form, even it burned nearly down and also was bombed in the second world war.

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This is a Typhoon?

A travel blog entry by fhs2012

... to Niihama Kita (North) Junior High School. There I was able to see Jonah looking at Onion roots through a microscope, The class was pretty wild because they had just found out that they were closing after 1st hour. Diasuke, an assistant English language teacher from California told me that before they left they all get assignments they were supposed to do at home. Later when I mentioned that to Mr. Suzuki and the English teacher visiting the ...

Visiting an Elementary School

A travel blog entry by fhs2012

On Monday, we visited Niihama Elementary School, Sumino Junior High School, and then returned to city hall to be officially welcomed by the mayor. The weather was a little warm and humid, but dry.

At Niihama Elementary School we and the 1st graders were the guests for the fifth grade Summer Festival. There were a number of speeches given by the students to start the festival, than the first graders sang a song for us before the actual festival began. ...