Atagawa Onsen - Japan Spring 2008
Atagawa Onsen
Wednesday 26th March 2008
Stayed the night at a hotel in Atagawa on the Izu peninsula, and enjoyed the onsen there.
Japan Spring 2008
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| 11:17:44 In Tokyo station - we have a bit of a collection of pictures of these boars from around the world now (one in the Cotswolds, plus the original in Firenze). | 12:00:05 Chie's parents on the train bound for the Izu peninsula. | 12:00:19 A new brand of Asahi happoshu (a kind of fake beer made for evading taxes). I liked the way they proudly pronounced it as "STYLE FREE". It was a bit tasteless, as you might expect. |
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| 12:05:20 My vegetarian bento, bought from a department store in Ginza. | 12:06:48 Chie's bento. | 12:07:08 My bento again. |
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| 12:20:17 Chie and her bento... again. | 12:24:49 A train overtaking us. | 12:29:47 My MacBook and the one-seg tuner I'd bought for it. |
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| 12:41:09 My old favourite, Asahi Aqua Blue. | 14:18:25 On arrival in Atagawa, on the Izu peninsula. | 14:18:36 One of the onsen outlets. |
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| 14:18:51 Same again with Chie and her Mum in the foreground. | 14:38:13 The pool at our hotel. | 14:47:12 Our hotel room - came out a bit dark but hopefully you can see the sea view here! |
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| 14:47:17 | 14:47:51 Out on the balcony - Chie's parents room was next to ours. | 14:48:58 The view from the balcony. |
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| 14:49:04 Look - a jacuzzi! | 15:14:08 We went out for an afternoon stroll - I liked this cat, wisely sitting on one of the pipes carrying hot onsen water. | 15:14:37 The cat again. |
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| 15:16:28 The town was full of these little towers, something to do with pumping the onsen water. | 15:22:03 We took a walk along the seafront, and I got really snap happy - so I won't try and write comments for all of these! | 15:22:34 |
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| 15:23:12 | 15:23:26 | 15:23:39 |
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| 15:23:52 | 15:23:54 I'm trying to demonstrate how windy it was... | 15:23:57 |
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| 15:24:02 | 15:26:42 Another cat! | 15:28:52 |
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| 15:32:05 A little shrine by the side of the road here. | 15:32:17 | 15:32:58 Odd rock formations... |
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| 15:33:07 | 15:35:42 | 15:36:01 |
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| 15:37:25 ...and another cat, under this little table set up outside a little fisherman's hut. | 15:39:40 A little cove at the end of the road - Dad would have liked this. | 15:41:55 These steps hewn into the cliff appeared to lead nowhere. |
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| 15:42:09 | 15:42:55 | 15:43:44 |
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| 15:48:34 ...and another cat. | 16:02:03 The rather messy gap between two buildings - and I think that pool there is onsen water. | 16:02:16 The little river that runs through Atagawa. |
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| 16:03:26 An old Pachinko hall. | 16:06:18 Another one of those outlets. | 16:06:38 Some superb mineral deposits! |
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| 16:06:51 | 16:07:21 Quite hot then. | 16:09:53 This was superb - not sure you can quite make out the steam rising off it, but this was a little stream of onsen water running into the sea here. |
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| 16:11:10 | 16:11:33 | 16:12:16 |
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| 16:23:59 Our hotel for the night. | 18:08:30 A rare shot of me in a dressing gown like item of clothing (technically a yukata). | 18:08:37 Trying to look like a drunken old Japanese man. |
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| 18:10:19 | 18:11:03 | 18:20:46 Dinner - quite a feast laid out here! |
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| 18:20:56 | 18:21:55 | 18:22:07 |
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| 18:22:14 Chie's parents about to dig in. | 18:22:33 Me and Chie at the dinner table. | 18:22:39 |
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| 18:27:45 | 18:27:55 Cherry blossom as a garnish to one of my dishes. | 19:31:27 |
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| 19:58:01 | 20:59:41 A little later on, me and Chie's Dad enjoy some sake. All very Japanese! |
