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Relaxing in Japan

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Himeji

I rented a car in this area and drove around for four days to some places I have not been in 48 years. I highly recommend going to the Japan Seaside from the Pacific side if you get the chance. The area around here is extremely beautiful and not over developed.

The buffet breakfast you can get in some hotels can be very filling but you need to understand how to put the different ingredients together.
This was one of the least appetizing breakfastS with a very dry spaghetti and meatballs but the salad was OK.
Most of the restaurants now do not allow smoking inside but make provisions for the smoking addicts
This countryside station copied the French idea of placing a piano for customers to enjoy. It’s a nice addition
The race fields are really beautiful in September
Himeji castle from the station
My second favorite beer
Nice food at the Korean restaurant
For me this was a plentiful lunch

Tottori

This is at the sand museum. Artist from all over the world create these amazing structures out of sand
These are the famous sand dunes
Now a very popular tourist destination
De sand dunes map
This map spots the different sand dunes in Japan, large and small
The beautiful mountain side
Map of Mitokusan where I almost lost my life 48 years ago
This is a “national treasure”. Look at the photos below and you will see why it is so interesting
Difficult access
Almost the ultimate in seclusion
Ron and I climbed all the way up to this temple on the mountain when the access gate was closed, climbing up was banned because the snow was 3 feet deep.
Full service gas stations are still the thing
I came to this restaurant for the famous open range chicken, Daisen Tori
Very delicious countryside food

Okayama

One of my favorites, TONKATSU
The hotel on the way back was not expensive, very new and clean 20 foot containers

Wakayama

Having dinner with an old friend at a very nice restaurant

Tokyo

Back in Tokyo with good friends from the software industry. This is a restaurant where you fish for your food and look what my friend caught. I was the net boy
A new Italian addition to the beer industry
Low riders near my hotel
All the crazy construction going on in Shibuya. It’s very hard to find your way around. Get prepared to get lost. And the number of people in this area is just unbelievable now
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