About 10 km from central Takamatsu is the filming location of “Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World” (Sekai no Chushin de, Ai wo Sakebu). I really enjoyed that movie, so I went to have a loo…
Takamatsu, the hub of the Sanuki region, has a beautifully done-up harbor. That’s because most of its traffic with the mainland goes by boat. It’s only about 10 minutes from downtown, and I have to…
In Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku there’s a place called Naruto. In the strait between Shikoku and Awaji Island the currents create whirlpools, and they’ve built a walkway for sightseers right abo…
Here’s part 2. I only split it in two because the photos are so large; there’s no real difference in content. Here’s one of those pointless shots everyone takes everywhere. Spring is here. …
To welcome the spring of 2007, I spent two days in Kyoto on April 7-8 for some cherry blossom viewing. After going for the autumn leaves last fall, I’d told myself I had to come back in spring too, and w…
I haven’t been able to post for a while, so my photos have piled up… I finally have some time, so here they are. Love fortune at Yaegaki Shrine “A marriage proposal will become a good match….
I’ve gathered some of my personal favorites from the photos I took in Onomichi. Tyrannosaurus A Stegosaurus, if I remember right The very idea of building a dinosaur park inside a factory was fun. Judg…
I used a rare long weekend to visit Onomichi. Onomichi is a port town about 80 km from Hiroshima, and like Okayama it’s a transport hub with an expressway linking Shikoku to the mainland. The main goal o…
After the wedding was over, we went to DisneySea (Disney Sea). The Land is bigger, but people say the Sea side is more fun. Well.. I should go to both someday.. The globe near the main entrance. Impressive, b…
The waiting room before the reception had light snacks and drinks laid out. Bruschetta and a Campari orange (probably). The taste was so-so… but I really appreciated how much thought they’d put int…
I’ve been so busy lately that travel was out of the question, but somehow I ended up going to Hiroshima as an extension of work -_- This is the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. It’s a park built rig…
A collection of random, who-knows-what photos I took in Hiroshima. Rainbow It poured all night until dawn, then stopped right around sunrise. A pretty rainbow came out, but it didn’t come out well in th…