Oct 30, 2011

Boiled ANAGO eel

boiled ANAGO eel served over rice a lacquered box

Oct 9, 2011

Tokyo Bay

Harumi Pier Park, Tokyo, Japan.

Rainbow Bridge
from Reimei Bridge


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Oct 2, 2011

Kusatsu Onsen Trip (Aug. 2011, 1st day)

Kusatsu Onsen is one of most famous hot springs in Japan.

2011/8/27 Sat
9:00 AMUeno station
↓Limited Express KUSATSU #31 (JR EAST line)
11:26 AM   Uenohara Kusatsu-guchi station
Limited Express KUSATSU

Limited Express KUSATSU.
Ekiben (railway boxed meal) bought at Ueno station.

Hire-katsu sandwich and Kakinoha sushi.



11:34 AMUenohara kusatsu-guchi station
↓JR bus
11:56 AM   Kusatsu bus terminal
↓walk
12:15 PM   Yubatake (the center of Kusatsu Onsen)

Yubatake (hot water field) is one of the sources of hot spring water in Kusatsu Onsen.
Souvenir shop.
Onsen tamago, eggs boiled in hot spring water.
Kusatsu Anamori Inari Jinja (shrine)

Sep 23, 2011

Waiting dog

AsoShirakawa station, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan.



He seems to be waiting for someone.


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Sep 11, 2011

Japanese manhole covers (Yudanaka and Shibu Onsen)

Yudanaka Onsen and Shibu Onsen are hot spring resorts in Nagano prefecture, Japan.
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Manhole cover, Yudanaka Onsen, Nagano
Snow monkey manhole cover
Shibu Onsen, Nagano
Hot spring water supply manhole cover
Shibu Onsen, Nagano
Sewage system manhole cover
Shibu Onsen, Nagano