Has it really been 9 days in Hitoyoshi!? For some reason it feels like it was barely a week! Maybe next time I should go two weeks, because this time it felt like there was barely enough time to do everything =w=;

On the last Sunday chiisai_hime and I walked around to get some more digital stamps for her and visit the places in town that we had to skip during ( Read more... )

On Saturday evening was the concert, the main reason why I'd booked this trip back in January >w<  So glad it was anounced way in advance so it was ealy to plan around.


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After meeting my friends at the highway bus stop, it was time to try the Natsume Yuujinchou taxi tour! I'd booked via phone with Takuroo, but it seems like they didn't note all the details correctly! ^^; I'd said that we wanted to do a 3-hour tour with the Matsutani Rice Terraces, Kaname Falls, and Okoba station as our main locations, but it seems ( Read more... )

On Friday I was working, but I caught rumors that a new stamp rally would be starting on Saturday...!? The shop owners involved weren't allowed to say much about it yet, but the day beforehand, Amairo-san was nice enough to start handing out pamphlets already though, so people could prepare. It was the same with the onsen stamp rally earlier this ( Read more... )

On Thursday morning I visited a bunch of shops that I hadn't had the chance to visit yet, then in the afternoon I rented an electric cross bike again to collect some more of the Kannon pilgrimage stamps!


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After checking out the spots from the new anime, my new friend dropped me off at Haraigoubashi (or at least the spot it used to be...) so I could get an early start hiking. People are so nice T_T I'd been looking at getting a taxi to get there early, but that would've been at least 10000 yen... But the new anime spots were more than halfway toward ( Read more... )

Breaking news! xD Some local Japanese fans have already identified two spots that appear in the opening of Natsume Yuujinchou Shichi, and thanks to one of them (with a car) I was able to check them out myself Wednesday morning! We listened to the opening song in the car while driving there at 7 in the morning, it was fun ^o^


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On Monday and Tuesday I worked, so I don't have a lot of pics, but I did get to enjoy some onsen in the morning and nice food for lunch/dinner~

It's also my first time staying at the annex building of Ohga, which has a ton of Natsume stuff on display ^o^


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In the morning I took it easy at Sekitei, because I'd booked a spot on the Kawakudari trip at 11:00, so I had time until then... But I woke up at 6 and somehow it felt like I barely had enough time to check out and get there on time ><  Enjoying a trip to the fullest is like a full time job, lol


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on Friday I saw an announcement that English and Chinese language options would be added to the Natsume Yuujinchou digital stamp rally on the 5th! Just in time for my trip so I could see how the translations are, lol ( Read more... )