On Kinugawa. Day 1

Two days after we returned from Kobe, Xia yi and I met up with Olivia to go to Kinugawa.

Kinugawa itself is famous for its waterfalls, fresh water streams for FISHING [note to dad: can we make a trip? haha after you retire oso can. hahahaha], mountains and ONSEN. We arrived in Kinugawa before the check in time, so weleft our bags at the hotel and went to have a short hike up the nearby mountainside. Shot taken half way up the mountain -_- the town looks faaaaaar below us ne...Us on the mountain [obviously this wasn't planned haha... Olivia went hiking in heels, poor thing]. steps that we had to climb. at the cross roads.... loooooong waaaay more to go. grp pic before we left the mountain for the hotel. shot for the top I... shot from the top II. Ashiyuu[ foot onsen] cafe in our hotel. Some pics of our room...this is like a third of the whole area of our room.... we were rather surprised at how big it was... haha, xiayi took the pic~ dun complain it's blurrr...this is a small changing room... the toilet is bigger than this room -_- view from our room I. View from our room II making tea~ me enjoying my futon. splat yukata... Xiayi gets ready for onsen~! waiting for the lift...

~onsen~ {for o

bvious reasons, there are no pics. it was great though wahahaha. }

Buffet Dinner.

full~ Olivia: not very pleased that she ate so much.~MORE ONSEN~

us exploring the lobby. tea ceremony exhibit. drums exhibit. Zzzzzz.... i should learn to fall asleep in a more elegant manner this is embarassing -_-
Next up: Kinugawa, Day 2