Comments | vanityfair00: Winter vacation: Kumamoto

vanityfair00

Winter vacation: Kumamoto

Jan 16, 2010 19:36

After a three hour video call with the family back home Christmas morning, I jumped on a train to the airport and caught a flight to Fukuoka with my friend and fellow ALT, Danielle. We got in, jumped on another train, and headed to Kumamoto. We stayed in a minshuku, or what is essentially a bed and breakfast. This one came recommended from the ( Read more... )

japan, picspam, travel

Comments 11

chochajin January 16 2010, 11:10:09 UTC

Kumamoto castle is nice, but as for black castles I like Okayama castle better (*_*) <~ castle fan
There are still so many castles I have to see.
I hope you enjoyed your trip to Kyushu. I love Kyushu. Luckily it's so close from here.
How were you able to take the photos inside the castle? Maybe I'm confusing it right now with one of the other 2342424 castles I've visited lately, but I'm pretty sure that photos weren't allowed?! (*__*)
Ah, nevermind, just checked my Kumamoto entry again (was summer 2008, so I forogt XD): http://chochajin.livejournal.com/140659.html
Photos were allowed, but I wonder why I don't have photos of those awesome wallscroll thingies ;o; *headdesk*

Aso-san was awesome as well. Hope you'll post some photos soon ^-^

vanityfair00 January 18 2010, 10:32:43 UTC

I'm not really a castle fan but I did enjoy the palace portion. I think it is newly renovated so it's possible that it wasn't open when you were there. If you ever go back I would say it's worth another visit because it was easily my favorite part of Kumamoto.

chochajin January 18 2010, 14:11:43 UTC

I'm really unlucky with these things. Construction works and stuff wherever I go x_X

shiv5468 January 16 2010, 11:38:23 UTC

Ooh now those wall paintings are stunning.

vanityfair00 January 18 2010, 10:33:41 UTC

They are replicas and not originals but they're too shiny to really care. I posted a few more pictures if you're interested.

valis2 January 16 2010, 16:38:17 UTC

Fantastic! The wall paintings are absolutely amazing. And the lotus root looks SO yummy!

vanityfair00 January 18 2010, 10:34:21 UTC

It was yummy especially with a beer to wash it down. We had our little party in the train station waiting room! :-)

mollyssister January 18 2010, 03:49:40 UTC

cough cough cough the sshg-exchange is open for sign ups cough cough You know if you need an escape from glorious Japan and teaching

vanityfair00 January 18 2010, 10:35:52 UTC

You should have posted this on a entry where I'm moaning about being homesick and not one with gorgeous pics of Japan. *shakes finger* Heehee, just kidding. I haven't decided. I would love to I'm just not sure I have the motivation to write. It's been like pulling teeth just to blog and I haven't updated or posted anything new in over a year. *wibbles*

mollyssister January 19 2010, 01:52:21 UTC

Yeah I debated about nudging you. I think you may have enough going on. Then again you are one of my favorite authors and I could not help myself!

vanityfair00 January 19 2010, 06:42:53 UTC

Actually I have more time than ever before to write since I can sit at my desk and read novels at work, but it's been like pulling teeth to get anything out of me in the last year or so. Maybe a prompt would inspire me or maybe it would be more torture. Hard to tell...