Shiranamiso Ibusuki
2-1-27 Yunohama Ibusuki, Kagoshima, Kyushu-Okinawa, 891-0406, Japan
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Slight misdirection
... again and helped us via a fluent speaking Japanese girl working at the Information Desk. She took us to the ticket office and explained our situation. They girl at the ticket office went to the terminals where you deposit your used tickets. She and another girl, took out 3 drawers containing a few hundred tickets EACH, and over the next hour, they ceaselessly looked for ...
Trapped in Limbo
... ll be nearer Tokyo. And form both Nagoya and Tokyo, I've got maybe three flights I can take to Eastern Hokkaido. Luckily, Nagoya is not a place I had set my heart on, but now it's looking like I may or may not get there at all. So it's all a bit **** at the moment. The irony of course is if I had purchased another JR pass, I'd have been able to get to Nagoya and then Hokkaido within the same two days. But of course, flying is much faster, when you can.
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Kagoshima: The Calm before the Storm
... couple of hours.
That left the rest of the afternoon to nap and pack and prepare for my flight tomorrow. A flight I no longer know if I'm taking. The wind is really picking up now and I think it's bound to get worse tomorrow. The earlier flight is already cancelled and I'm really not sure about my or later flights. Luckily, Nagoya is a not a must destination for me, but since I can't get a refund for the hostel I booked in Nagoya, this ...
Around Kagoshima: Volcano and Festival
... trail that winds along the coast through a lava field from the 1914 eruption. Here you can see the remains of large volcanic rocks and the trees that are now growing from them. The trail ends at the Karasujima lookout point--this used to be on a separate island Karasujima that was swallowed up by Sakurajima. A further five minutes up the road is the Akamizu view park, which also overlooks Kagoshima city. Here is a monument called Portrait of a Scream, dedicated to ...
Kagoshima: the bottom of Kyushu
... a bit whiskey like. We even caught most of Reservoir dogs before a random girl asked to cut in to watch her precious Korean drama. So ended up playing more card up on the ash ridden roof, where I learned the word, 'scunge'. Means pretty much as it sounds. So all in all, it was a day of rest, but I'm up tomorrow early to catch a ferry, which I hope to do without a hangover. That and the seas would not be a pretty picture.
Yakushima here I come.
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