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08:24:44
View out over the bay taken just before breakfast.
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08:25:32
Yet more pictures of the marvellous outdoor bath.
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08:26:20
...you can see a bit of steam coming off here.
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08:33:31
Chie having a quick paddle before breakfast.
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08:37:21
I couldn't resist trying to make a couple more shapes while we were waiting for breakfast to be served.
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08:40:11
The other house shape...
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08:43:37
Chie sitting down for breakfast.
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A self timer shot, not all that well timed, it also caught the lady who was taking care of us during our stay.
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08:45:35
A better composed picture taken by the lady looking after our room.
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09:55:35
One last shape after breakfast!
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Oh and there's the little inlay too.
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10:37:00
After checking out we went for a bit of a wander around Shimoda - here we are in front of (another) replica of Commodore Perry's ship.
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10:38:35
There's our hotel - the Kurofune (black ship) - not all that wonderful looking from the outside.
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10:58:55
A very big cactus.
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10:59:26
An old house Chie liked the look of.
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11:03:05
A monument to Commodore Perry.
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11:18:32
We went for a wander along the coast, and came to this interesting little island.
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11:19:26
Chie doesn't like this type of bridge all that much, it turns out.
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11:23:01
Taken from sitting on the little rocky island.
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11:25:36
Me and Chie taking a break on the rocks.
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We passed a very tranquil few minutes here.
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11:38:05
Here comes the black ship again!
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11:38:31
Managed to get it nicely framed here.
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12:31:01
Time to leave Shimosa now, and head on back up the peninsula. At the station there was a sign with the distance to Hiroshima on - 850km or something.
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12:34:25
Me on the train.
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12:34:40
Me popping off the train quickly to buy a drink.
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12:34:49
...and again.
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12:52:20
On the way back we stopped off at Kawazu, so we could go and see some nearby waterfalls.
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13:17:08
I appear to be somewhat prone to taking unnecessary pictures by coin lockers.
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After a short bus ride, we set off down the trail which goes past the seven waterfalls.
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14:25:03
I also have a weakness for taking unnecessary pictures of signs, it seems.
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14:25:35
Chie heading down the steps.
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14:28:08
Me with the first waterfall just visible through the trees behind me.
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14:29:26
There follows something of a frenzy of waterfall pictures and I'm not going to attempt to write comments for all of them!
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14:29:37
We'd wrapped up warm inititally, but as we carried on down the trail (at a fair pace, so as not to miss the bus the other end) we started shedding hats and coats.
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Another one of those bridges Chie isn't all that fond of.
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14:37:33
Slightly tropical look to this one.
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14:42:24
I think this is Odoriko - the dancing girl, the subject of a local legend (or something like that).
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My failing to get these white stones to land on top of the big boulder.
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14:47:51
Self timer shot with some willow which had turned a nice shade of red.
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14:48:37
Nice autumnal shot of the valley, in portrait.
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14:48:43
Nice autumnal shot of the valley, in landscape.
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14:52:07
Another picture involving statues - this time we thought we'd join in too.
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15:02:59
En route to the last waterfall, we passed a small allotment where somebody was growing wasabi.
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15:03:54
The double spiral road we'd been round earlier on the bus.
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15:04:27
The final waterfall had an onsen complex built into the rockface at one side of the valley - here's Chie taking a bit of a peek into one of the caves.
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15:06:25
The last waterfall, very nice too.
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15:06:36
A bit better without the lamp post etc.
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15:07:39
With a bit of careful positioning we could have had this waterfall coming out of Chie's mouth.
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15:10:22
Chie wanted a picture of this sign as it has the name of the onsen complex on it...
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15:10:27
...and similarly this map.
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16:08:04
Back at Kawazu station now, waiting for the train back to Tokyo.
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There's the sign just to prove it.
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16:14:37
Chie and the train that was going to take us back to Tokyo. A bit more modern than the one that brought us here.
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16:24:39
On the train, nice to watch the sea as the light faded.
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We also passed these weird steam tower things...
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16:31:24
...presumably something to do with a hot spring.
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19:32:25
Back in Tokyo, we thought we'd round off our trip with okonomiyaki at a place we quite like in Shinjuku.
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19:32:44
Chie's kimchi okonomiyaki.
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19:32:54
Same again with a hera (spatula) in shot. Errr.
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19:35:03
The almost finished product.
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These sauteed Eringi made a nice accompaniment.
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20:38:57
...and finally, waiting for the last short train back to where we live, Chie with cake in hand.
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