Hello again!
Today I reached Kouchi, after long trip from Oozu. I did something I wanted to do for long time, took a dip in the mountain river on the way.
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It was really cold, and refreshing!
Next I went on and on, and the road just got smaller and there was only fields and old houses around; the real countryside! In the rice paddies, there was lots of small water lizards or something..
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It started getting dark.. and then it was suddenly really dark. The road was small and steep, and there was lots of curves too. There werent anyone anywhere and I was getting ready to battle boar or whatever that might come from the mountain forests. Finally, I started seeing lights and reaches small town called Doi.
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Then, I was thinking about going all the way to Kouchi... Until I saw lights on the riverbed.
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I saw few tents there and thought, maybe it's an actual camping site. And it was. So I went down there and started setting up my tent. Although the moon was lighting up the night, someone came with a lamp and asked me to use it. Next, other guy came and asked if I have eaten yet, because they got some boar meat they were gooing to grill. Funny how I was thinking about battling boars and then I end up eating one...
I spent fun evening with everyone, and took this pic in the morning:
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I packed up and said goodbyes, everyone waved when I looked down from the bridge.
Then some more pictures.
part of Children's day's festival
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Castle in Kouchi
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and castle in Oozu
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Bye now!
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No pictures today... But I marked the cities and the approximate route to the
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I used different color for different days, but I didn't mark days spent in the same place.
I hope you like it!
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I'm now in Tokushima. On day 30 I came down from Takamatsu and stopped in Naruto. On day 31, I went to see the Naruto whirlpools in Naruto strait. First, I went to walkway built under the motorway bridge. Here some pics from there
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Then I decided to take a boat ride too although it was bit expensive. Some pictures from the boat
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And last, some pictures from day 27 and 28.
First, Kouchi's specialty, some kind of raw fish, "Katsuo no tataki" is the name of the dish. Very delicious.
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And then, a canyon in the mountains near city of Miyoshi.
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Now I'm waiting for ferry back to Honshuu(the main island) and will rest in Wakayama for a day(because it will probably rain) and tomorrow I'll go to Osaka.
Ok, bye now!
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Sorry for the late update!
I arrived back in Kobe on day 34 and have been here for few days now, taking part in the club activities.
after I stayed in Wakayama, I headed to Osaka and when I was there, I felt I might go all the way to Kobe that night as well. And so I did.
Well, I'm safe and well and all that,
see you again!
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Hello everyone.
I have been really busy few last weeks so I haven't written anything much here. Sorry about that!
I have now less than two weeks left here and I got some last minute stuff to do.. Like sending stuff that won't fit in my luggage to Finland and so on.
Next weekend I'm going to a famous amusement park called Fujikyuu, and next weeks every evening is booked with somekind of goodbye party..
So, last weeks gonna be busy week also ^^ But I don't mind. On 29th I will go to Nagoya and on 1st I'll start my long journey back.
See you then, my readers!
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