Japan day 6

After breakfast today, the owner of the inn we were playing in was kind enough to give us free tickets and a lift to ishimushiro bokujo, a sorta cross between a farm and a park. There are goats, horses, cows etc. Kinda nice, especially for the kids. There were a bunch of japanese kindergarten kids in the park and they were squealing for joy. The soft ice cream here is also really good and one can get fresh milk here if you like.

Japan day 6

Good morning. I've just woken up to a lovely morning at bandai atami. I can hear the birds chirping just outside my window and except for the distant sound of traffic, it's rather quite. Last night we had one of our several food accidents. We ordered what we thought was a mixed platter of sakana sashimi and got this. When it was placed on our table, we were like this looks like meat... ... ... We asked the lady who brought us our food just what it was and she said uma and we were like... ... ... Who ordered HORSE!!! :-) but we ate it anyway cuz we wanted to try horse meat, also know as sakura sashimi, just that we didn't intend to try it then. :-)

Japan day 5

After breakfast today we went on a hike in the mountain side. It was a relatively short and easy hike but it was fun. After we finished the loop, we went in search of one of the waterfalls in the area. It wasn't a very big one but it was pretty. :-) after that we went to the nearest big town, koriyama... I think that's what it's called. Will have to find out later. :-)

Japan day 5

We're spending the day in bandai atami. Breakfast this morning was a simple buffet of japanese food. Kinda nice. I like the salad dressing in particular. It's a soy sauce and lemon mix i think. We did the onsen thing last night. Boy was the water hot. I don't know if the supposed curative features of the onsen waters actually work but it did feel rather comfortable. Time to go. Later. :-)

Japan day 4

After a day of travelling, we're finally reached our destination. It's a little town a few hours via train from tokyo and it's called bandai-atami. Boy am i pooped from travelling and i'm glad to reach our destination. The inn we're staying in is very nice and the town is very quaint. We're here for the onsen, i.e. Hot springs. I've never been to one so it should be interesting. :-)

Japan day 4

It's day 4 of the trip to japan. We woke up to a cold and rainy morning and i didn't feel much like getting out of bed. Still, we needed to check out today as we're heading north to a place near tokyo. Now am on the hikari super express train. It's going to be about 2 - 3 hours before we need to change trains. Going to rest now, maybe study some japanese or play some ds. :-)

Japan day 3

After our trip to the observatory, we made our way to the aquarium in osaka. Before we entered the aquarium, we had lunch at a food court nearby. I had curry rice which was okay. Still prefer my onigiri from breakfast. The aquarium itself is kind of cool. It has an 8 storey tank which houses all kinds of sharks, rays, fish and the highlight... two whales. I love aquariums and someday i would like to visit the one in okinawa. The rest of the day was spent walking and eating. We had sukiyaki and shabu shabu tonight which was really cool considering that i've never had either. On our way back we stopped at the arcade and played taiko which was really really fun. :-)