Sun Seaside Beppu

... journey, partly to review my course in Japanese and extract the verbs and vocabulary needed for the tasks of travel, and mostly because I loved this ryokan with its old wooden buildings looking like samurai houses and stone lanterns and paths through plantings, and lit torches at night.

... of the walking tour are the ruins of Usuki castle. The moat and the steps leading up to the grounds of the former castle are the main attraction here. As we ascended the steps leading to the empty ground my friend taught me a wish making tradition. There was a wooden mon, or gate, along the stairwell. If wishmakers can throw a stone up and have it land upon the top of the gate without falling their wish will come true.

My stone landed upon the gate at my third throw.

... Dam, which is known for being on of the best water-skiing and wakeboarding spots in the country.
Along this cycling road there are camping facilities so travelers with their own bikes could ride from Nakatsu station. However the information desk at Nakatsu station doesnt rent bikes out to use along the path so those without bikes would be best off going to cycling terminal first.

To get to the cycling terminal from ...

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... in Beppu. Even on the main street which was a bit disturbing. I wonder what parents tell their kids.... I find it strange that next to public places like
public baths and barber shops that they can have a big sign next door for the brothel!

I will definatley return to Beppu one day and try out all the different types of baths. I don't know if I could come with a mate though as I would not want to sit naked with them in a bath!

... I was so inordinately pleased with myself for having completed it.

After hiking to the summit we hiked down back to Aso, in about 3 hours. The geography was totally schizophrenic much like the weather. We started with rocky ledges at Nakedake, then progressed to a volcanically silt-ridden moonlike landscape, then onto farmland replete with log fences and then into a coniferous forest and finally into a suburban center. And somehow, as we descended, the day got ...

... on the big fellow yet. It's on my to-do list, really. He plays for the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix (say that 3 times real fast!) of the Basketball Japan League. Teammates often call him Ming Ming or Sun. When he dunks the ball, it feels as if the entire floor is shaking. He mostly lumbers down the floor, but has a soft shooting touch.

... the station, had another great cheap tempura rice bowl - consists of a bowl of rice with batter-fried vegetables and two of the biggest prawns I've seen, with a bowl of miso soup. I also ordered a small jar of warm sake. This stuff was really nice, smooth and sweet, not like the rough stuff we swigged out of a carton in Kyoto. Perhaps not the greatest idea after broiling my brain in the Onsen; the sake made me a bit woozy. The restaurant was a ...

... de bain. Grace a mon livre sur le japon, j'ai su qu'il y en avait des gratuits, cache dans les montagnes alors je me suis rendu a celui qui est le plus pret d'une station d'autobus. Ensuite en voulant me rendre a une 2e source, beaucoup plus loin, un gars de la place ma donner un lift et ma fait voir tous les autres sources grautuites dans les environs. Finalement, quand je suis revenu en ville, je suis arreter dans un endroit ou la specialite est les bains de boue.

... So today I have decided to skip lunch, to make sure that I really need dinner. Today got of to a bad start as well, I had checked the weather forecast yesterday, to find out when would be the best day to visit the volcano Aso, and that would be today. I went to the train station early, around nine, because it is a two hour trip to Aso, and found out that the last train of the morning had just left, and there was four hours to the next train, great! So after walking up ...