Came across a Mazda showroom in the Umeda Sky Building (Osaka) with a new MX-5 in there. Couldn’t resist trying it out. Much more resembles my old NA then my NC getting into it as it feels like the seat is lower. Due to being in Japan the drivers side is on the right, which for us just feels odd. Also Sunny liked it which was for me a good sign as such the title of this post. 🙂
Monthly Archives: April 2016
Osaka, Japan
Last day, travelled throughout Osaka the whole day. Japan, no idea what to expect and now looking backward, definitely worth a future visit.
Nara, Japan
Greetings from Holland….. err, no, I’m still illiterate, got fooled by the rain. Welcome to Nara, on a rainy day with a lot of deer that decided it was way nicer under the trees and right they were. Anything under the jacket was completely soaked.
Kyoto, Japan
Felt right at home, they paint almost everything in the Dutch national colour. How nice of them.
Oops…
That’s one large file, not sure what the phone was thinking but it contains a bit more than just the picture as dimension wise it is no different than the others and they average between 2 to 4 Mb.
Yes, we take photo’s with a standard smart phone. As in most cases we move about a lot we try to carry as less as possible. Essentially anything you didn’t use the last time, you do not pack the next time. I would suggest to pack the things you missed or couldn’t acquire as long as it passes the airline restrictions of these days.
To Japan we actually took one small suitcase, but it was left behind when moving locally, which was a first in years with the exception of China. I think I can even go without a suitcase to China as there is still clothing left at my in-laws. But better to take one with me, otherwise you stand out and get picked out of the queue by local customs.
Himeji, Japan
If you are in Japan for the keeps (castles), for me Himeji Castle is by far the most impressive I’ve seen.
Hiroshima, Japan
I would not say this is the highlight of this holiday, it is however one that I’ll remember the most as it leaves an impression on anybody that would visit this place. Visit the Children Peace Monument, and try to read the story of Sasaki Sadako without getting a tear in your eye. Not many pictures, I wasn’t in the mood and Sunny’s iPhone suffered memory corruption and lost a lot of photos in the process for this day and tomorrow. If you’re worried about radiation, don’t. The only thing left here at the Atomic Dome is the usual 0.03millisievert background radiation from space as we have that in Western Europe as well, except we get a 0.22millisievert bonus from the ’86 Chernobyl disaster.
Okayama, Japan
The keep, the park and then the shinkansen to Hiroshima……
Miyajima, Japan
If you are wondering about the picture with the buttons, I was looking for just the “Flush” button. Figured that one out later, but toilets come with options in Japan, even seat heating. The only thing that comes with seat heating at home is my car, definitely not my toilet…
Iwakuni, Japan
The second day of our holiday in Japan begins with the cell broadcast you are waiting for as a tourist. Still glad we changed the start of our tour which was Kumamoto as there is a nice black keep there, instead in order to save on travel time the smaller black keep of Iwakuni took its place. Things might have gotten interesting if this didn’t happen. Now the first picture was send back to Holland with the accompanying text: “In case you don’t hear from me, you know what happened.”. At that moment not even fully aware of the extent of damage this earthquake had caused. I’ve added some footage found on youtube on what happened to the castle in question.