La Francesca
Travel Blogs from Yamaguchi
Peculiarity in Turkey
Don't ask what happened to us in Istanbul yesterday: we were taking a taxi cab on our way from the Castillo Arena at around 6:30 when this chick shouts out to us from across, saying to us some thing like: " what you intend on doing if the our dear Lord will visit " or some **** like that. So we said to her, Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. Just kidding! It was ...
A day of late summer!
... the sitting on the floor can get VERY tiring, even though I notice that I must have doubled the time that I can sit comfortably on the floor compared to when I arrived...) What I am still not a big fan of is the Japanese breakfast - I mean, I eat it and it tastes nice, but if I could choose I would not have fish, soup, salad and rice in the morning... So every time I am staying in a new hotel I secretly hope for Western breakfast - let's see what I get ...
Tsuwano
... gave me a nod and a konnichiwa. I remember seeing a sign in a very flowery garden urging passers-by to come in the garden and have a look at the flowers, with another sign tacked below it desperately to inform that cameras were okay. Where else would you see such eagerness to meet tourists?
Many of the houses seemed to be from the Edo period, giving the classic Japanese town image. At the same time, the town didn`t ...
Jokamachi & Teramachi
... ich - da noch viel Zeit bis zu meinem Zug war - zum Strand zu gehen. Dieser wäre wunderschön gewesen, wenn nur nicht der Wind mir konstant ins Gesicht geweht hätte. So aber verliess ich den Strand nach kürzester Zeit, da es mir schlicht zu stürmisch war. Anschliessend besuchte ich eben noch schnell Teramachi, welches für die vielen Tempel bekannt ist und dann wurde es auch schon bald Zeit für meinen Zug.
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A day in Hiroshima
... top. Each stick labelled with a number. Each number corresponds with a small drawer. In each drawer is the 'fortune'. Mrs. Takamura translated, gave the particulars and said overall it was a good fortune! Next the paper is folded and tied to a wire with everyone else's fortune. While we were at the Itsukushima Shrine, which consisted of several buildings, we also got our Temple/Shrine book signed. Entries are done in Japanese characters ...
Other places to stay in Yamaguchi
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Comfort Hotel Shin Yamaguchi
Shin Yamaguchi Station, Yamaguchi | 3 star hotelfrom $53 -
Hotel New Tanaka
Yuda Onsen, Yamaguchi | Hotel -
Super Hotel Yamaguchi Udaonsen
Yuda Onsen, Yamaguchi | Hotel -
Toyoko Inn Shinyamaguchieki Shinkansenguchi
Shin Yamaguchi Station, Yamaguchi | Hotelfrom $48 -
Hotel Alpha 1 Ogori
Shin Yamaguchi Station, Yamaguchi | Hotel -
Plaza Hotel Kotobuki
Yuda Onsen, Yamaguchi | Hotel -
Hotel Amuze Shinyamaguchi
Shin Yamaguchi Station, Yamaguchi | Hotel -
KKR Yamaguchi Asakura
Yuda Onsen, Yamaguchi | Hotel -
Hotel Kiraku
Yuda Onsen, Yamaguchi | Hotel -
Hotel Miyake
Shin Yamaguchi Station, Yamaguchi | Hotel