A Travel Blog
Our plan for our three full days in Mito was concocted last night on the basis of the weather forecast, which was for a grey, inclement Tuesday (today), and mostly sunny for Wednesday and Thursday. In other words, our two big outdoor sights would not be today, making today Kōdōkan Hall, Mito Museum of Modern … Read more
.. and then some … Mysteries solved Statues On our first day in Niigata I photographed some statues and indicated I didn’t know what they were. It was raining and I didn’t take a lot of note, including their (significant) number, but today we retraced those steps and I realised of course that they were … Read more
Today’s plans, devised by Rie with particular input from 6-year-old Tsubasa, took us, mostly, to more rural areas southwest of Niigata City. As we’ve said before, there’s something lovely about having locals take you away from the tried and true. It all started with our being picked up at 10.30am … Sake, or lmaya Tsukasa … Read more
The day began … with a delicious Japanese breakfast buffet to fortify us for our busy day. We then handed in our “Eco plan” sheet to reception. This meant no change of towels or sheets, but gave us in return, two coffee vouchers at the hotel’s cafe. The Japanese, we are learning, are very literal. … Read more