Michael and Agnes returned to the Polish ... leaving me JR Railpassa valid for 2 more days!
sin would be not to use So on Thursday and Friday last week we went to Shikoku, the fourth largest island of Japan. I have to say that the JR Railpass is very comfortable, goes up to the cashier, one two three gets a book (on almost everything, only the fastest shinkansenów can not be taken) and an end. Passport to happiness or not the check;).
first objective: the town of Kotohira (琴 平) the famous temple Konpira (金刀 比 罗). This temple is on a small mountain, you have to climb some stairs. Just got to the tour with a very nice guide, so to them przyczepiliśmy. Temple very nice, the views from it too interesting, except that he was a pavilion full of gifts. Since this is świątnia (ok, Tempel, not the temple), the god of the sea, they were stacking models, wheels, even a solar boat that sailed around the world.
second objective was the city of Kochi (高 知) .
It is known from the castle, which immediately poszedliśmy visit. Castle very nice - the whole inner courtyard is preserved from the Edo era. But what surprised us more was the exhibition inside. Much and the lord said Katsutoyo Yamanaka and his wife Chiyo ... just that we already have seen their portraits where inidziej - a week earlier in Gujo Hachiman Castle! Chiyo, wife, apparently comes from Gujo, and that marriage is the famous (sometimes shown as an example), then everyone wants to attach to. But to copy to the exquisite statue of a horse giving Chiyo Katsutoyo that it can donate it to Nobunaga (his senior at the time) ... The plan was to then go to the beach and sleep on the beach, but the beach is 12 km from the town and it turned out that we can not go by bus JR (the connection is not covered by JR Pass), and we need about 6 am to take the train, so as the beach niebyłoby return. In the end we slept on the river at the picnic table and there was most comfortable ...
Another day, 4 hours on the train and we're already in Matsuyamie (松山) . In Matsuyamie saw the art museum - just had an interesting exhibition on the popular novel of the Edo era - "Hakkenden" - the legend of eight dogs. Maybe one day I read as I have time ... Then, locking, mime, think not so interesting as in Kochi, but very corresponds to its name (ie Matsuyama mountain pine, pines are up too, pretty high for downtown ...).
At the end we went to the Dogo Onsen (道 后 温泉). It is reportedly the oldest building onsenowy in Japan, dating back to the Meiji era (2nd half of XIX century). Well, very nice but ... as onsen weak. No saunas, only 2 swimming pools (one woman) ... something has got used to these modern onsenów ... Interesting
in Matsuyamie was that everywhere was Botchan. Botchan is a form of Natsume Soseki's famous book of 1906 with the same title, the book that almost every Japanese read. Clock is Botch, botch train (tram) Special cookies Botch ...
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| 2008 年 08 月 21 日 -22 日 |
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