Broadcasting to an audience of three (and a goldfish)... Comment, ramblings and musings... life through the eyes of a Japanologist...   Friday, August 16, 2002 1      Macdonald's- sneaked into hotel      Check in Long arcade- bustling- felt bigger than Hiroshima (Tony and Guy) Onsen- 11th floor As hot in as out      Tateno- sun setting behind hills- pleasant coolness- onset of autumn Sudden dusk- between sitting in Hakusui and getting back to Tateno      Hakusui kogen Nothing there Killed hour Bucolic- rolling fields Skipped onsen- back to Kumamoto      Onsen in station Walked to Shirakawa gensui/suigen? Walked back      Back to station- local train to Tateno via Higo-ozu. Torokko ressha to Aso-Shirakawa      Suizenji Wrong tram stop Walked for miles- hidden Interesting- shrine inside garden      Heat Castle Take picture twice      Ariake to Kumamoto      Ferry to Kure, Kure line Shinkansen to Hakata- Nozomi 500- 300 km/h- just over an hour      Breakfast Show Staple Randomhaiku of the day (from The Genuine Haiku Generator) seamen diminish feebly, awkward eyes evolve piercingly, lightly      © Copyright 2003 Nathan Duckworth. Updated: 8/1/03; 8:29:05 pm.

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