Tosa Gyoen Kochi

... like being on another planet. Across the green fields was one last steep slope up to a small settlement where we rested up before the final ascent to the top.<br><br>Now at this point there are three sets of chains to the summit, 33m, 65m and 68m ascending from lowest to highest. The first set of chains was very congested and we were forced to wait quite often for the congestion to thin out. The second set was slightly better. Somehow we managed to miss the third set ...

... so I'm hoping to pull them off the card when I get back home at a CVS or something with a dedicated photo machine. Either way, I arrived in Kochi to the rain, and had literally 2 things on my list of things to see in the city--the castle (one of the originals in Japan) and the market. Sadly the latter was basically non existent due to weather and the castle, while nice was rather dreary during the day. However, there was a night ...

... mentre fuori diluviava. E prima di arrivare li sono stata in un onsen con vasca all'aperto vista fiume, e pioggia. Un tantino stile decadente e malinconico come panorama, ma bellissimo. Ora sono diretta a Muroto misaki, il capo a sud di Shikoku. volo a prendere il treno. Baci a tutti!

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!

... labour and a number of American prisoner of war soldiers who were not known to be in the area.They burn a flame at the site and it is supposed to be extinguished when the last nuclear device is destroyed. I guess unfortunately it might as well be an eternal flame.From Hiroshima I bulleted my way to Okayama.

... attack and how long after that they died. Later, in the Peace Memorial Park, I was lucky enough to see a presentation being given by elementary school children at the children's memorial. They prayed and hung paper cranes in memory of the children who were victims of the bombing. Or in particular for Sadako, who in her battle with radiation induced leukemia, aimed to fold 1000 paper cranes, a symbol of happiness and longevity, in the hope that she would live. She ...

... car to chase after them and head towards the downtown section. Once there, we found a parking lot, which, since we were in a small town, was surprisingly free. I guess that's one of the perks of living in a tiny town. We wandered thru the train station parking lot, where the main collection of danjiri hung out. We looked at all the people wandering around the downtown area taking pictures and drinking beers. Ashleigh ...

... asked me to retrieve my guidebook from upstairs so she could read aloud to everyone the page about America I'd had written for me. The kids were great, and the parents were firmly, gently telling them to try some english with the bug-eyed, bearded one. We spoke a little, they asked questions about American flag and Halloween, and then I drew the Olympic flag and said 'my favorite' and tried to explain I am most proud about America when I ...

... kind of within my price range. When I asked what it was like he kind of stopped and started laughing. I tried a few times to explain and then said, 'It's kind of like a bee hive in a hair salon'. My reply was always was 'HUH?' When we arrived the first thing I noticed was the name and I gave a loud giggle. 'The Big One', it was actually ...