Cycled to Japanese Garden, Como Park, St. Paul, then posted about St. Paul’s sister city.
Category: Kyushu
Bisecting Sado Island
Wednesday, explored part of the plain that bisects Sado Island.
Creaky Old Inn
Monday and Tuesday nights in a creaky old traditional inn (ryokan) on Sado Island in the Sea of Japan.
Not a Kim Jong-un Bouffant
Out-of-Comfort-Zone Weekend, Part 2 : haircut, explained with gesticulations. Feared I’d get a Kim Jong-un bouffant.
Hot Spring Selfie
View at the bottom of Mt. Yufu after the climb. My first hot spring selfie. (Solo hot spring, so OK to take photos.)
Mount Yufu Summit
View at the top of Mt. Yufu (Kyushu) today, Friday.
At the Edge of a Volcano
Hiked all day on volcano Aso-san. Massive caldera. Air quality got iffy at its steaming crater: told to “evacuate.”
Plan to Climb a Volcano
Thursday: early train from Kumamoto, hike on huge, live volcano (Aso-san–see map pin), then evening train to Oita.
Kumamoto Castle
History day #2: massive Kumamoto Castle, a reproduction. The last samuris largely destroyed the original in 1877.
Dejima, Nagasaki
Dejima artificial island, Nagasaki: from 1641–1859, Japan’s only link to Europe. That’s why I’m visiting Nagasaki.