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Erika having breakfast.14:37:53
On the train on the way to Yashiro Island now. Erika having her afternoon nap.14:38:03
I found the colour of this can coffee interesting. The contents were the same as any other can coffee though.15:53:15
Erika having a look out the front of the train.
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Group shot on the train.16:04:13
Erika and her parents.16:14:00
As we'd bought Hirofumi-san a tweed cap it seemed a good opportunity for a picture of three generation of Moriwakis in tweed caps.16:14:05
This one is a bit better.
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Erika playing with the suitcase.16:16:59
I thought this heron was fake as it was still for so long. It was in fact real.16:17:23
The station where we waited for about 45 minutes owing to a car stuck on a level crossing.16:20:41
Peek...
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...a-boo!16:25:47
Proof that the heron was in fact real.16:49:35
Finally we arrived at Obatake station, just across that green bridge from our destination on Yashiro island.17:02:31
View from the hotel lobby. The window needs a clean.
17:02:43
Erika wandering round the hotel's lobby.17:09:17
The rotenburo (outdoor bath) attached to our room.17:16:16
Erika testing the water.17:18:14
The view from our room.
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Erika inspecting our room.17:23:38
A ship (mainly I was testing the zoom on my new camera).17:26:28
Chie and Erika having some Japanese tea in our room.17:26:43
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Four generations of Moriwaki ladies - Erika with her Mum, Grandmother and Great Grandmother (not in order!).17:44:10
The green bridge linking Yashiro island to Japan's main island (Honshu).17:44:52
Looked a bit tropical here, and we could just about see a bit of the sunset from our room.
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The bath again.17:48:18
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A very "east meets west" sort of picture - it usually take me a while at an onsen before I feel it appropriate to wear the provide yukata.
18:14:13
Our table laid for dinner.18:16:49
Here's everyone apart from me sitting down. I love that they gave Erika her own little chair.18:18:23
(some of) my specially prepared vegetarian meal.18:18:36
Chie's parents and their meals.
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My nabe with tofu etc.18:27:07
Erika and her parents.18:27:21
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A tempura course as part of my meal.
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Not even sure what you call this kind of dish, but it looked photo worthy.18:46:34
Erika likes pointing.19:10:44
Group shot of all of us taken by a member of the hotel's staff - a bit wonky and could have been zoomed in a bit more, but she seemed busy and I didn't want to detain her.19:18:31
Erika standing on her chair. It made a sort of squeaky noise.
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Our beds laid out back in our room.20:11:07
Night view from our outdoor bath.20:13:01
While the girls went to the communal bath, I decided to have a soak in our own private bath.
20:14:01
...much better for the addition of beer.20:33:10
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I finally succumed to the yukata.23:08:43
The safety deposit envelope - not sure why we have a picture of this!
23:17:18
Me brushing my teeth in a yukata.