Shikoku Hostels

From Yufuin I took a bus over the mountains to Beppu and a new hostel there. An advantage of hostels is that there is usually someone who speaks English well enough to answer some questions, give info, etc. An exceptionally chatty Norwegian suggested we ...

... it was, it was a Capsule Hotel.  I had heard about them but had never tried to find one as I was happy with Hostels.    In Capsule Hotels you get girls on film, in hostels you meet real girls! Always one for an adventure I thought why ...

... dinner and then just relaxing at the hostel.  My roommate was a Canadian, Jordan, doing the Henro 88 temple pilgrimage.  Shikoku has 88 major Buddhist temples in a ring around the island.  In the past, the especially devout would complete a ...

I came to Takamatsu, not to see anything in particular but because it's the gateway to Shikoku and it provides a good base point for travelling further south. Although having said that I had a day to kill (16th - Thursday) and thought I would check out a ...

... at a youth hostel called Sakika, and even after just a couple of days it was a luxury we were both looking forward to. The hostels in Japan are a little more expensive than they are in the states. Sakika ended up being $38 per person but when we saw the ...

... a bit expensive for some. However if you stick to cheap noodles, walking (or buses and bicycles), cheaper guest houses and hostels, then Japan is quite affordable. Another thing that impressed me about the Japanese I encountered was their overall good ...