Out-of-Comfort-Zone Weekend, Part 2 : haircut, explained with gesticulations. Feared I’d get a Kim Jong-un bouffant.
Category: Japan
A Night in a Capsule Hotel
Wrote about last night’s stay in a capsule hotel.
A Night in a Capsule Hotel
Home tonight. I’m top, first in row. Currently in yucata, street clothes in wash. Everybody minds their own business.
Outside of Comfort Zone
Saturday, currently on bullet train to Okayama. This weekend’s theme: outside of my comfort zone. Tonight, it’s a capsule hotel for $26.
Okayama Reposition
Saturday plan: hike, then, late afternoon, “reposition” myself to Okayama, ready to explore islands south of Okayama.
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.