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A man is sleeping with a horse on television. o.o Before that, TOKIO just raced a train in Tetsuwan Dash, and won. Dash is such a fun programme! I loved the Joshima-kaasan bit. Yamaguchi and his son from his upcoming drama came to visit, it was cute. TOKIO are made of awesome. ♥
So, today I came to Takamatsu, on Shikoku. I got on what felt like the slowest shinkansen EVER cos it kept waiting at stations to be overtaken by faster ones. -_- Still, it only took about 3 hours altogether, and I got here and to the hotel by 3.
Then I went to look at Takamatsu's famous garden, Ritsuen Koen. Which, to be honest, wasn't the most spectacular I've seen here. There was nothing wrong with it, it was neat and well-kempt and the trees were lovely, but... it really was mainly trees and ponds. In a week or so it'll be nicer, because the many lotuses will be out, but they were just budding atm. There were some pretty irises, but not as pretty as elsewhere. The best garden I've seen so far was probably the one in Hiroshima, and not just because it had the advantage of being a sunny day when I went!
It wasn't worth coming back to the hotel and going out again to eat, so I wandered for a while, looking, but the place I found in the guide book that sounded good was closed for a private party (doh! >.<;) and all the noodle places seemed to be shut - I guess because it's Sunday teatime. So when I happened upon a small Italian place, that of course had the Italian names on the menu, I thought I'd better take what I could get (as none of the other places I'd seen had even had picture menus), so I went in and had carbonara. It was a bit strange, because they didn't use cream - there was a note on the menu, and they asked me something about it, but I'm not sure what that was, lol, and when it came it was nice enough - very peppery, which was good. :9 Of course, when I left I walked past half a dozen Japanese places that had plastic food, so I could easily have gone in one after all, but whatever. It's nice to have something reminiscent of home once in a while! ^^;;
Tomorrow I'm going to Matsuyama. I'm going to go to an onsen! :D I wonder if I should've just stayed in Matsuyama instead? It apparently has the best youth hostel in Japan. But I'm in a nice little hotel here - it's also nice to have some privacy once in a while, even if it is a bit pricier! (By which I mean, £25 a night rather than £13. ^^') Still, I don't think Takamatsu lives up to the guidebook's description of it as a "breezy, cosmpolitan city". Like the park, it's nice enough, but I think I've only seen 2 other Westerners. I feel like a novelty again. ^^'
[Edit] Hope someone summarises this week's JaniBen - it looked like it had some very worthwhile stories in it! Though Subaru's dress was typically hideous. XD
So, today I came to Takamatsu, on Shikoku. I got on what felt like the slowest shinkansen EVER cos it kept waiting at stations to be overtaken by faster ones. -_- Still, it only took about 3 hours altogether, and I got here and to the hotel by 3.
Then I went to look at Takamatsu's famous garden, Ritsuen Koen. Which, to be honest, wasn't the most spectacular I've seen here. There was nothing wrong with it, it was neat and well-kempt and the trees were lovely, but... it really was mainly trees and ponds. In a week or so it'll be nicer, because the many lotuses will be out, but they were just budding atm. There were some pretty irises, but not as pretty as elsewhere. The best garden I've seen so far was probably the one in Hiroshima, and not just because it had the advantage of being a sunny day when I went!
It wasn't worth coming back to the hotel and going out again to eat, so I wandered for a while, looking, but the place I found in the guide book that sounded good was closed for a private party (doh! >.<;) and all the noodle places seemed to be shut - I guess because it's Sunday teatime. So when I happened upon a small Italian place, that of course had the Italian names on the menu, I thought I'd better take what I could get (as none of the other places I'd seen had even had picture menus), so I went in and had carbonara. It was a bit strange, because they didn't use cream - there was a note on the menu, and they asked me something about it, but I'm not sure what that was, lol, and when it came it was nice enough - very peppery, which was good. :9 Of course, when I left I walked past half a dozen Japanese places that had plastic food, so I could easily have gone in one after all, but whatever. It's nice to have something reminiscent of home once in a while! ^^;;
Tomorrow I'm going to Matsuyama. I'm going to go to an onsen! :D I wonder if I should've just stayed in Matsuyama instead? It apparently has the best youth hostel in Japan. But I'm in a nice little hotel here - it's also nice to have some privacy once in a while, even if it is a bit pricier! (By which I mean, £25 a night rather than £13. ^^') Still, I don't think Takamatsu lives up to the guidebook's description of it as a "breezy, cosmpolitan city". Like the park, it's nice enough, but I think I've only seen 2 other Westerners. I feel like a novelty again. ^^'
[Edit] Hope someone summarises this week's JaniBen - it looked like it had some very worthwhile stories in it! Though Subaru's dress was typically hideous. XD
