Royal Okayama

... next day when they will clean my room. It's not quite Japanese citizenship, but it gives me the feeling that someday I might feel like I really belong! Toyoko Inns also offer the Cinderella Liberty Plan--if you arrive after midnight and they still have any vacant rooms available, you can get the room at a substantial discount.

By the way, the pillows at Toyoko Inn appear to be filled with short plastic pieces, as if someone ...

... Koen, a landscape park supposedly rivalling the 3 best parks in Japan. It can tell you it's more expensive than Kenrokuen, larger than Kenrokuen and wilder. Which means it was better-less sculpting, more branches. While the view was fine the highlight was meeting Kaisha-san, an eight odd year old man who walked and talked with me through the park. Surprisingly spry, he suggested climbs I wasn't sure I wanted to make. He was ...

Started today early with a really filling and hearty minshuku breakfast. Totally new experience, but very nice. The owners had a log outside with Shitake mushrooms so I got to pick a few and then grill them up myself at the table. I'm sure minshukus exaggerate what's normal fare, but I'm fairly certain most of what I ate could be eaten in the Japanese home, probably not all at once though... But I am really starting to like the idea of rice and pickled vegetables in the ...

... veramente da buttare via , non ho idea al momento di quanti km sono ma so molto bene che ho solo guidato nel traffico di quelli da esodo tutte queste citta` e o paesi che ho nominato sono coesi fra loro non c`e` un pezzo di terra libero che ti fa capire che stai lasciando un posto per un`altro.

... which are segregated for men and women as usual. It was not a particularly elaborate onsen, but it was quite nice. The dinner there was however nothing but brilliant. It consisted of a series of courses all brought to us in our room. The lady who served us was really sweet and friendly, and we kept saying to ourselves after each dish - that has to be the last course! We started with a selection of vegetables and various fish ...

We stopped off on the way from Kobe to Kurashiki at Imbe in the area of Bizen which is very famous for pottery and ceramics. Daniella had read in the guide book that there was a place where she could try her hand on the pottery wheel. It was a small town and there were not many restauarants open as it was a Sunday so we grabbed a bite to eat from a local supermarket. While Daniella did her stuff on the wheel, Jon took a ...

he computer is working much better. we spent the night up on Ushirioyama (Ushirio Mountain) in a cottage (really a cabin) and had a wonderful dinner with the family. It was absoultely wonderful; fresh fish, beef, lotus root, and other things I am not sure of but good. we all slept in one room (well almost--Kazu and Patty ...

... Mesto Okayama bolo zalozene 1. juna 1889 a v sucasnosti je s asi 700 tis. obyvatelmi hlavnym mestom prefektury Okayama regione Chugoku. Zname je hlavne vdaka zahrade Korakuen (ano, tej) a ciernemu hradu Okayama. To boli aj nase dva hlavne ciele v tomto meste. Oba sa nachadzali blizko vedla seba v centre mesta, takze sa to zdalo byt idealne. Co sa tyka hradu Okayama, tak ten je iba replikou povodneho hradu z roku 1966, kedze ako vacsina ostatnych hradov, bol ...

... and builds my upper arm strength. I`ve bought myself a new suitcase for the various large things I`ve been buying (coughTaiko master home setcough. Anyway, I`m holding out well here, this weekend I`m off to the small town of Yoshinaga with the rest of the students, and though I have no idea what we will be doing when we get their, it will most likely be fun. The weekend after I`m off to Tokyo, where I`ll be doing most of my souviner shopping. I`m out, byebyes.

... most and won the game. At the same time, there was another awesome sunset to be seen outside so Kim and I chipped out to get some pics. He pointed out that if you look at the Japanese flag, you'll figure where they got the idea. As we had been playing cards, the others had prepared the barbie and were now cooking. For some reason the barbie was too hot and burnt a couple of the ribs, so we grilled a lot of the other stuff but we ended up with a fine feast ...