Tokushima Grand Hotel Kairakuen

... mi fa entrare e mi da la peggior stanza che abbia mai visto, in un ostello evidentemente semi abbandonato, sporco e con scarafaggi nei bagni (cosa non carina, considerando che si dorme per terra). Per fortuna pare che fossero solo li, o per lo meno non mi sono accorta di bestie passeggianti durante la notte. Depositato lo zaino mi sono diretta verso la spiaggia (con doveroso ulteriore bagno, tartarughe nemmeno l'ombra), e quindi ...

One of the attractions of Tokushima Prefecture is the rich nature and abundant greenery. 76% of the prefecture is covered by forest, and Tokushima ranks 8th in the country in terms of largest forest area. The forest plays a vital role for humans, not only producing wood, but storing rain water to prevent natural disasters. The ...

... Although it has little precipitation in winter, a lot of rain falls in summer, therefore it is counted as one of the most rainy areas in Japan. The coastline from Hiwasa to Ikumi Beach in Toyo Town, Kochi Prefecture, has many of Japan's best surf spots, and it is crowded with surfers every weekend. Prefectures of Japan genremenu hotel Ranking Market Ranking Market

Tokushima Prefecture is located in the Eastern part of Shikoku. The Northern coast faces the Inland Sea, and the coast from East to South faces the Kii Channel and the Pacific Ocean. The area of the prefecture is 4,145 square kilometers, which is equivalent to about 1.1% of the whole of Japan. Mountainous districts make up ...

... Then, we headed back to the wharf, and from there we headed for some quick shopping. Just when I thought it couldn't get more fun, we went to a giant garden, with carefully arranged, colorful flower beds. There were rows of happy yellow flowers..even an eye made of flowers! We decided it was time to frolic, so frolic we did! And it was great. We got ice cream and just wandered amongst the beautiful flowers...so long that we were late to get back to the bus. (oops ...

... 2 jours sur le plateau de Koyasan ou je vais dormir dans les temples avec les moines. Ca va encore pas être simple cette histoire. Impossible de réserver à l'avance car ils ne parlent pas anglais. Avec ma chance, ça va être plein et je vais dormir sur un banc... Au fait, je vous parle pas de la ville, car rien de spécial QQs infos sur la vie courante : On peut fumer dans les restos, les bars...et il n'y a pas de séparation. Par contre ...

... Delhi airport is only slightly better than Kathmandu, there's a few snack shops while you wait, and wait we did, our flight being at 01:20. Once checked in, the security line was a full hour. This would have been marginally OK if we felt like security actually accomplished anything at the end of an hour, but it's just a cursory check, and on you go. Asiana Air is very nice (note to ATG people: the massive A330-300 has only a single main flap ...

... of the remote areas that are away from Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka are suffering because there aren't as many businesses in the area. The young people need careers, so they move to big city trying to make money. Unfortunately, (this is my opinion) they compete with all the other young people moving there. They all have university degrees that don't mean anything because everyone knows that you don't really spend your time ...

... decided to buy another umbrella. Anyway, we still tried to make the best out of it and at least managed to find a post office to refill on cash. Then we stumbled through an 18-floors department store where we had a pizza each for lunch. Later on we wanted to warm up so we went to a cafe and had a hot chocolate. We did not know how it was called in Japanese, but our guess was right (it is called "kokoa" there). We still made some decent photos (don't mind the water on ...

... Unfortunately, our map was a little off and we never found the place so when she told us where it actually was we were excited, as well as for the opportunity to see some Tokushima night life later on. So we headed over to Big Brother`s for some lunch after dropping off our stuff at the hotel. As soon as we walked in I could tell we were going to meet a kindred spirit. The giant poster on the wall of Lance Armstrong winning his sixth Tour de France said it all. The ...