Business Stay Satsumasendai

... Tuhkaa täällä ripottelee taivaalta hiljalleen ja melkoinen urakka on pitää kaupungin kadut puhtaana. Hauskasti on tupakointikieltoja maalailtu joka puolelle katuja, ettei vaan tulisi lisää tuhkaa ! :-) Mutta Japanityylisellä tehokkuudella kruisailee lakaisuauto jatkuvasti ympäri korttelia, joten se asia on hyvässä hoidossa. Huomattiin kyllä tuossa kävellessä, että valkoinen auto ei välttämättä ole mikään kauhean hyvä idea täällä! Eikä juuri eilen pesty valkoinen paita tai ...

... viimeistä yötä Naritalla jos lento lähtee aamulla!

Eli, leimattiin junapassit, tutun säätämisen jälkeen Shinagawalla ja hypättiin about suoraa kyytiä kohti Osakaa kiitävään junaan. Mahtava tämä junasysteemi Japanissa, eikä ikinä tarvitse pitkään odotella. Vähintään 10 minuutin välein lähtee luotijuna...

Tästä tulikin nyt melkoinen junareissu, mutta koska ilma oli aurinkoinen ja kirkas, niin mahtavasti näkyi Fuji-vuori alkumatkasta. Minulla on sellainen ongelma ...

... my window has sliding wood shutters, which are totally effective at blocking light, a brilliant idea for a sunny southern city. The price of the room (only 4,900 yen, or roughly $50 US, booked through the Rakuten Travel website) includes a free breakfast. The breakfast buffet shows a lot of pride and care--they serve little citrus fruits and something like a sweet potato which I think are both local specialties, plus the ...

Also heute gings wieder mit den Shinkansen (hier ist plural gemeint... aber Shinkansens gibts ja nicht!) Richtung ganz süden, nachdem wir nur etwa 1 1/2 Std. geschlafen haben. Nach Sendai 川内 in der Nähe von Satsumasendai. Bin drauf gekommen das ich im Flugzeug scheinbar meine Handy Earphones vergessen habe, deshalb bin ich froh das ich meine PSP auch mitgenommen hab. Also musik hören und alles vorbeirauschen lassen... wobei wir zum schluss mehr in tunnel gefahren sind ...

After catching an early train out of Hiroshima - arrive in Kagoshima around 12 noon and make our way to the traditional Japanese Ryokan we're staying at there. In Tokyo we picked up a free magazine which mentioned sand baths just outside Kagoshima so after dumping our bags we decided to head out to Ikubusi to check them out. The baths involve wearing a hakata (a traditional Japanese robe) and nothing else and heading out from the public baths to the beach where ...

... pictures, I c*n't describe it in words. Phil set off to do his dirty work *nd the rest of us offlo*ded *nd m*de our w*y *s * group to the Aeon m*ll where we proceeded directly to the McDon*lds in the food court. I felt like * dirty cliche Americ*n for doing this but I re*lly couldn't resist *fter e*ting *ll th*t str*nge J*p*nese food for so long. In the mornings we h*d convinced the g*lley h*nd to le*ve out b*con, eggs, *nd to*st. We prep*red bre*kf*st ourselves on the hot pl*te ...

Since this was our last day, we decided to get up at 6am and go for a swim. After 800 milligrams of Tylenol and 800 milligrams of Motrin, I was able to sleep but getting out of the futon was another story. Anyhow, I made it out and as I was walking to the bathroom I saw a strange looking thing on the floor. It was a ****! Caryn and I deduced a child did not make it to the bathroom and decided to do it in the hallway. Since the ...

... out back to the main island. Oh and of course there were more nude grandpas and grannies. The sushi monster strikes again. We found another grocery store, right below the train station, where we were able to buy lots of discounted sushi 15 minutes before closing. It was yummy in our tummies! There is not much to do in this place but hey....at least were not working!! HAHAHAHA

... and hunger) but peanut ok. Si is good - so happy to be here. National Holiday tomorrow (Fri) so just like in UK. Bit early but Happy Easter! Enjoy your long weekend - we have lost what day we are on - fab! Photos follow!

... airport was the smallest one I had ever used. Anyway, some parts of the island was designated as a UNESCO's World Natural Heritage Site and so really beautiful.

Our first destination of the island was Shiratani Unsuikyo Forest. We took a bus from Kamiyaku town hall, which had only several passengers. It was lucky that we could left our bags at the log house of the entrance. The forest in the movie Princess Mononoke was modeled ...