Wild Places, Wild Birds

WE WENT TO JAPAN !!!!        Following this introductory post, next, we share highlights from Iwakuni and the Marine Corp Air Station.  Then we will take you to Beppu, Japan, a geologically active city,  to enjoy wonderful “onsens”, Ryokans and Buddhist shrines.   After spending three days in Beppu with Corey and the ladies, Sheree and I traveled by train and bus to the incredible Sandan-kyo Gorge, northwest of Hiroshima.  Stand by for a video of our hike into this fantastic gorge.  An emotional tour of Hiroshima was followed by a day of rest, and then for our final adventure, we took a ferry to Miyajima, one of Japan’s top tourist destinations.  

Please explore the map below, mouse over each pin,  for more information about the locales we visited.

So, what we have in the picture above is typical of restaurants along the street, plastic replicas of menu items, in this case, ice cream cones.  The center image is, yes, a toilet with options. Some toilets had a remote control on the wall, a convenience in home and public bathrooms.  All the toilets

had seat warmers.  Above is a meal-ordering machine where you look at meal choices, then insert money, make your selection, and get a ticket you take into the seating area.  Give the ticket to the waitress and your food is quickly delivered.  The image below, as you might guess, is a video game. Even though Google translator can read Hiragana, I passed on the opportunity to figure the game out.