Orient Hotel Kochi Wafu Bekkan Kichiman

... clouds. But even more hair-raising was looking ahead to the actual peak of Ishizuchi, still towering far over head and far off in the distance.<br><br>Down the other side of the peak was another set of chains back to the main path and we continued what would prove to be an increasingly steep and difficult climb to the top.<br><br>There was one easy section not long after the first set of chains, where the forest opened up to open fields of low-lying bamboo. It was ...

Left the horrifying business hotel early and managed to take a quick tour of Okayama castle (so-so) and one of Japan's 3 greatest gardens, korakuen. The garden is rather English in that it's sculpted around grassy expanses. Everything has its own corner, but I rather dislike the avenue approach to gardens. The work that went into making the garden neat has also made it rather sterile. I can only hope the other 2 greatest gardens might be more ...

ciao a tutti e che bello vedere un po' di commenti!! solo un rapido aggiornamento, ieri ho fatto i mille mila gradini (1800 e passa + il ritorno) del tempio Kompirasan, stupendo davvero, mentre la notte l'ho passata in una casa molto molto giapponese in mezzo al bosco e sulla riva di un fiume ...

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!

In Hiroshima I visited the famous or infamous Atomic Dome(ground zero August 1945)and learned a lot of interesting details. The first atomic bomb was detonated at 600 meters above the city to maximize its lethal potential. It resulted in over 140,000 deaths including 14,000 Koreans who were forced in to ...

... a different side of Japanese history, as up until then, I had spent the majority of my sightseeing time on the temple trail. Spent hours in the museum which gave a very detailed history of Hiroshima before, during and after the attack. Some horrific things had been donated to the museum like pieces of burnt clothing worn by victims at the time of the bombing, along with the story of each person with details such as their name, age, where they were at the time of ...

... of the grocery store parking lots and made our way over to the shrines. Brian talked to one of the shrine pullers, and he mentioned that the main event had already happened 2 hours prior, of which I forget, but he also mentioned that they would be pulling the Danjiri into the river the next day, which was supposed to be pretty spectacular. Dammit. We got our closer look, watched the last of them leave, and got back in ...

... Taeko-san and her husband, and returned to the dizzying shinkansen of Honshu to head south. Stopped off for a few hours in Hiroshima to see the memorials. I'm now in Nagasaki, my final spot in Japan, and both cities are as you'd expect - modern normal places that look like all the other places I've seen, but thought-provoking. I'll try to post a brief entry about them and about byzantine slipper rules before leaving Japan. Cheers to you all.

... phrase for me was "momi momi onagaishimas" (more-or-less "can I touch your breasts"), but otherwise his language skills seemed to be coming along nicely. I learned how to make Tapuyaki, a sort of grilled cheeseball containing an octopus surprise inside, and heard all about the national pastime of "love hotels". Apparently cheating on your spouse is almost accepted practice here, so special themed hotels without lobbies are available to ...