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Varmasti ennätyskävelyt tuli tänään vedettyä ja kiivettiinpä vielä kaiken huipuksi toinenkin kerta ylös Shiroyamalle katsomaan auringonlaskua. Hienoa, hienoa! Nyt alkoi kyllä jalat olla jo niin totaalisen lopussa, ettei auttanut muu kuin laahustaa pimeän tultua kaupan kautta hotellille kylpyyn. Olisi tietysti hauska aina käydä testaamassa hienoja paikallisia ruokia ja ravintoloita, mutta tällä meidän matkustusmäärällä ei mikään budjetti riittäisi siihen hommaan ...

Tämä yö meni aivan harakoille …tai siis KORPEILLE! En tajua mikä oli homman nimi, mutta korpit raakkui ja piti tässä hotellin lähellä koko yön aivan mieletöntä meteliä, joten unet jäi todella vähiin! Hiukan kävi mielessä, että olisiko kenties joku maanjäristys tulossa, mutta kyllä nämä korpit olivat muuten vaan kajahtaneita! :-)

Aamulla lähdettiin kello 09 aikoihin Ikebukurolta liikenteeseen, koska suurella viekkaudella ajateltiin, että ehkä pahin aamuruuhka olisi ...

... I felt less than comfortable asking for directions. Not quite in panic mode, but feeling less and less functional, I stopped in a quiet corner, drank a half-bottle of tea, and considered options. I could start all over from the English street signs I was sure about. I could try to use the Japansese names on my map (which had both English and Japanese words) to look for matches with street signs on the alleys, which did ...

... 12360;とWAS nun. Na gut abwart, bis ich keine Stimmen mehr hör, Handtuch nach vorne und die 5 Schritte zur Umkleide renn. Ich glaub eine Japanerin hat gerade noch meine Hinterseite gesehen ^____^. Andi hat mir später erklärt das es bei ihm so eine Milchglasschiebetür gab...tja wär ich mal nicht so schnell rausgerannt dann hät ich bei mir auch so eine entdeckt ne...
Hilfe die Japaner habens eh so mit Nacktheit in der Öffentlichkeit...みんӗ 4;さん, das n ...

... are waiting to bury you in the sand. All you can see as you make your way to the beach are heads sticking out of the sand wrapped in turbans - very bizarre. As the area is volcanic, the sand can reach temperatures of 50 degrees Celsius so you're only recommended to lie there for 10 minutes. The experience itself was really weird but nothing compared to the baths (known as an Onsen - for bathing not swimming!) when you go back in and which I really hadn't ...

... nd l*ptop. He ended up busting the screen, *n expensive mist*ke. We loudly returned to our bunks on the bo*t, prob*bly w*king up *t le*st 3 people. The next morning I w*s ok, but some people weren't seen or he*rd from for the next 13-18 hours while they recovered from the events of the evening. The bo*t s*iled on *nd we were on tr*ck to finish the job in * week if everything went well. Person*l notes for future writing. multibe*m bo*t rides well, food, work, k*goshim*, work shi****w*

... Ohma-san did research and had it all planned. First thing I did when we checked into our hotel though was take a shower as I still had a lot sand in my hair and on me from the beach! We met Ohma-san and Iida-san for our dinner appointment and started with a fabulous first dinner which was kuro buta shabu shabu. Kuro Buta (black pig) is a native pig of Kagoshima and their shabu shabu is famous. In Tokyo shabu shabu is beef ...

... 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!

... per night in Abo where was comfortable to stroll around in the morning. Because it was difficult to visit many attractions by public transportation, we decided to rent a car for the second day and then, went round the island anticlockwise. We visited Shitogo Gajumaru-en Banyan Garden, Nagata Inakahama Shore, Okonotaki Waterfall, Hirauchi Shore Hotspring. On our way, we met wild Yaku monkeys sitting on the road. We had a trouble in finding ...