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View from our hotel room in the morning of Sakurajima.10:29:01
Our hire car.10:29:10
Some canned coffee.13:07:40
Satsuma imo (sweet potato) tempura, which I ate for lunch. In the car.
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One of the bridges near Takachiho.13:24:36
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First of the waterfalls at Takachiho.13:28:30
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Famous spot where you can see several bridges on top of each other.
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The main waterfall at Takachiho.
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Closer to the main waterfall.13:42:13
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It's a popular spot.13:51:38
Is this cress?
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A viewpoint looking out over the Aso crater that we stopped off at en route.
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We were on that road up there earlier on.15:05:47
A roadside stall selling tomatoes.
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A big spider.15:07:13
The entrance to a strange sort of art museum thing in a tunnel.15:07:37
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Apparently this had originally been dug for use by the railway, but part of the way along they hit an underground river, and abandoned it.15:15:53
...so instead it now is home to a strange sort of underground museum...15:16:32
The current exhibition are floats (if that is the right word?) from a summer festival.15:17:38
They were all made by local people, some by schools and some by council workers.
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....including one exhibit made by accountants.15:19:38
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At the end of the tunnel was this optical illusion involving a strobe light.
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Next stop, the "fountainhead" of the Shirakawa river. It just bubbles up out of the ground here, quite impressive to behold.16:09:50
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Entrance to the jikoku onsen ryokan where we'd be staying tonight.17:12:14
Our room in the ryokan.17:12:29
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Chie's parent's room in the ryokan.
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They put the name (and city) of each of the guests out on a board in traditional ryokan.17:34:27
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A wander around the onsen complex.
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An old fashioned post box.17:42:03
The first bath of our stay - this is a little private indoor bath.18:26:13
Chie and her parents in their yukata, on the way to dinner.18:27:40
Dinner was a sort of barbecue affair.
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The not very exciting vegetarian offering.18:33:17
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