Otaya Toba
1411 Osatsucho Toba, Mie, Kinki, 517-0032, Japan
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... of being the home of the highest waterfall in Japan.
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Mikimoto pearls
... train trip to Toba was very long but going home it was shortened by an hour because we took the express home. Taxied it to may and daniel's. We are going to try the bus and subway tomorrow as the taxi is eating into our travel/shopping funds. My camera isn't holding a baTtery charge. ThaNk goodness for my iPhone. Tomorrow we will try and find a battery. I have the worst luck with cameras in ...
Old Japanese town vibe
... of wood and every peace of it eventually becomes a good luck charm that can be bought at the local stores. Pretty cool stuff. We stayed at the traditional Japanes hotel, with the bath and raw sea food. The view was amazing - Pacific ocean about 20 feet away from the ...
Train from Ise-shima to Tazawako
... like lonesome hunchbacks.
All of these processes seem an extension of the Japanese obsessive attention to detail, of neatness and order and Asperger's togetherness. Everything is folded and pressed, plaited and tied. Edges are defined and made crisp and farmers leave their fields without the slightest trace of mud on their pristine clothing. Agriculture in Japan it seems is just another branch of origami.
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