Hotel Nansui Kochi

... trees, with two sturdy chains to hang on to and reasonably good footholds...most of the time ( there were a few somewhat smooth and even slippery bits ). The real "kowai" ( japanese for scary ) bit was yet to come. The climb across the jagged ridge from Misen to Tengudake at 1982m. Only Saffiya, Doug and I ended up climbing across for various reasons, including miscommunication. There is one more very small piece of chain leading down from the very stable and flat ...

... so I'm hoping to pull them off the card when I get back home at a CVS or something with a dedicated photo machine. Either way, I arrived in Kochi to the rain, and had literally 2 things on my list of things to see in the city--the castle (one of the originals in Japan) and the market. Sadly the latter was basically non existent due to weather and the castle, while nice was rather dreary during the day. However, there was a night ...

... mentre fuori diluviava. E prima di arrivare li sono stata in un onsen con vasca all'aperto vista fiume, e pioggia. Un tantino stile decadente e malinconico come panorama, ma bellissimo. Ora sono diretta a Muroto misaki, il capo a sud di Shikoku. volo a prendere il treno. Baci a tutti!

Primo traghetto che personalmente a me da una particolare libidine caricarci la moto e navigare per mare ogni tanto. Fiondo nell' isola di Shikoku , l' isola di un pellegrinaggio Zen da 1500 km attraverso 88 templi . Io la taglio a meta' naturalmente per montagne e dormo a Kochi altra citta' di mare e naruralmente si cena a base di sushi freschissimo . Sto viaggiando un po in fretta un mio amico a Shizuoka mi ha invitato ad andare ad Iwata a visitare la fabbrica della Yamaha .Potevo dire di no?

... tokushima prefecture taking in the beautiful country side smack dab in the middle of japan's 'leaf changing season.' it was beautiful! (the scenery, the weather, the leaves, the company, the experience, and the memories!) but i'll let the pictures tell the rest!

... labour and a number of American prisoner of war soldiers who were not known to be in the area.They burn a flame at the site and it is supposed to be extinguished when the last nuclear device is destroyed. I guess unfortunately it might as well be an eternal flame.From Hiroshima I bulleted my way to Okayama.

Just returned from a two day trip to Hiroshima. As I don't want to run the risk of making this entry read like a piece entitled 'My Summer Holiday' written by a year 8 student (God, I don't miss correcting those!), I've broken my trip down into the five most memorable events. Grab a coffee, sit back and come on down to ye olde Hiroshima with me! 1. SHINKANSEN This is the iconic form of bullet train in Japan, and it was with great excitement that I took it to ...

... wanted to explore. Then we followed the shouts and screams of other Danjiri and then went following after those. The entire central area of the city of Saijo was completely closed. My guess is that everyone was out pulling a danjiri or taking picture of people pulling danjiri. The covered shopping arcade area was interesting in that we watched these 20 foot tall sculptures navigate their way thru a 20 foot tall arcade ...

... inching past each oncoming car, we arrived at his hostel / traditional-Japanese-farmhouse. (Some photos at website) http://www.k-n-a.com/eng.htm Nori has been working to restore the old house, and has converted it to a guesthouse to fund the project. He is also building a village house for locals to discuss community needs. I admire his dedication, marvel at his monasticism, and honor most of his ideals - except when he talks ...

... in to at times envelop us completely. Overall the experience is relaxing and tranquil - talking is not banned but is at a minimum out of respect for others, and there was even a freezing cold pool for those wishing to mix it up a little. No photos of this area unfortunately, due to privacy of other patrons. Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Seto _Bridge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onsen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shikoku_Pi lgrimage