A Travel Blog
Already I can see that there’s no way we’ll be able to see all there is to offer here in this mountainous prefecture. Distances aren’t great, but you can’t travel very fast. The roads just aren’t straight enough or wide enough. We decided to take it easy today: just check out a couple of nearby … Read more
Setting off After a standard, but perfectly acceptable Toyoko Inn breakfast buffet, we set off in search of our hire car, and were pretty soon introduced to our very own boxy car, a Toyota Roomy. There are SO many models of cars here that we don’t have in Australia. On Awaji, our car was a … Read more
I hope to make this a shorter post as it’s been mostly a day on the move. However, it does give me an opportunity to make a few more observations. If they bore you, just skip down to Wakayama Castle and Food for the holiday stuff! The first observation concerns climate change and the environment. … Read more
Some observations It’s time to comment on the technical challenges involved in – not to be too coy about it – toileting and abluting. You do need your wits about you. For example, with the fancy Japanese toilets, there are options. Some automatically flush and some don’t (and if they don’t where is the flush … Read more
Yesterday, I mentioned having the local delicacy, hamo (an eel), but Awaji’s real pièce de resistance food-wise is, in fact, the humble onion. Consequently, we saw and ate quite a few onions today, as you will see … A bit about Awajijima I have been saying Awaji, but I really should be saying Awaji Island … Read more