Sunday, November 8, 2020

Kaike Onsen - Tottori Prefecture, Japan

 The adventures continue! We spent the night at the Kaike Grand Hotel - very nice! 

The hotel is in Yonago Kaike Onsen, Tottori Prefecture, Japan.  
 After a good nights sleep we decided to go for a walk and see what there was to see.

The hotel entrance and parking lot. The other side of the hotel faces the ocean.

We decided to walk straight to the Kaike Hot Spring Shrine first and then slowly walk back to the hotel along the ocean front beach. This is the shrine.

And, this is a shrine dog. Time to move on.

Our first glimpse of the ocean. 

The beach is lined with hotels. 

We are not alone.

The trees in front of this hotel are bent back from years of the wind blowing off the ocean.

Yes, it's me. 

The view of our hotel from the ocean side.

Hotel gift shop.

No a lot of activity at the hotel swimming pool.

A couple of hotel guests that just finished breakfast. They're wearing a hotel Yukata. A Yukata is a lightweight cotton kimono that are provided by hotels and Inns in Japan for guests to wear in the hotel to relax. You don't get to keep them; when you check out you leave it behind.

The Tea Lounge Blue Marine. The night before we spent some time after dinner in the Blue Marine Tea Lounge and we weren't drinking tea.  The have a well stocked bar and a very talented and amusing bartender. We had fun!

More adventure ahead!

Thanks for stopping by!
Mike

Bonus shots!
As usual, photographs from strolling around Yokohama.


















Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Yuushien Garden

 The adventures continue. This time we visit Yuushien Garden in Shimane Prefecture, Japan.

Per Google: In the eastern part of Matsue lies the beautiful Japanese garden of Yuushien, located on Daikonshima Island, in the middle of Lake Nakaumi. A flat, volcanic island, Daikonshima is famous for its production of Japanese peonies and ginseng.

As one can see, I'm on the job with my trusty camera ready and willing to take pictures.

And, Emi is ready and willing to let me take one picture of her.

A couple of close-ups of flowers.


Back to the garden.

Hey! Back to me!

This really is a splendid garden.

Bridges, waterfalls, all the picturesque stuff one wants to see in a Japanese garden.

I forgot to mention ponds. There are ponds too!

Bridge over a pond.

Tree next to pond.

Not a pond, but it looks like a pond... sort of.

Well, that's it for Yuushien Garden.

Thanks for stopping by!
Mike


Bonus shots!
Yokohama, Japan