After breakfast in Kurokawa, we took another lovely bath, then packed up and left for our next stop: Aso. Our perpetually pleasant innkeeper drove us to the bus stop, and just a few minutes after he dropped us off, he was back again, to give us a complimentary tourist map of Aso! What a guy.
Then [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Kumamoto, Part 3: Aso 熊本の第三部：阿蘇
Posted in Drawings, Food, Parties, Festivals, and Holidays, Society and Culture, Travel, tagged viking.nature and geology, viking.meibutsu, viking.Japan, viking.Kyushu, viking.onsen, viking.cartoons, viking.Kumamoto on Saturday, March 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Kumamoto, Part 2: Kurokawa Onsen 熊本の第二部：黒川温泉
Posted in Food, History, Travel, tagged viking.Japan, viking.Kumamoto, viking.Kyushu, viking.meibutsu, viking.nature and geology, viking.non-alcoholic drinks, viking.onsen on Thursday, March 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »
One of my first-ever entries was a travelogue about Kumamoto City, a place that made me fall in love with Japan all over again over the course of three days filled with hospitable people, delicious and exotic cuisine, ska music, storied history, and beautiful art. I vowed to return; and I have – twice! I [...]
Sergeant Strong and Officer Salamander ストロング巡査部長とサラマンダー巡査
Posted in Drawings, tagged viking.cartoons, viking.Mr. Squirrel, viking.Officer Salamander, viking.Officer Strong on Tuesday, March 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
