On our drive down from Mount Aso we stopped at this peculiar site to get a cup of hot coffee out of the vending machine, then were barked at by two little dogs. We petted a goat, and I had to ask our son about this roadside character. . It is
DORAEMON
perched in front of a souvenir shop on a less traveled winding road down the mountain side.
Doraemon has been a popular cartoon character in Japan.
While visiting some friends in Wakamatsu-ku a while back, one of my former students had arranged to visit this very traditional home in Tobata-ku, Kitakyushu-shi. My friends in Japan have always know how much I like Japanese antiques and textiles, so this private visit was especially arranged for me. I got a tour of this…
A passenger, sitting behind me on our flight to Trapani, commented how green the island looked compared to her usual summer visits, when the land is brown and parched. The land is green and lush in April. I heard golfing in Sicily is really good in this season as well. This is one rare front…
On each trip to the sea, I always look for ocean glass (a.k.a. sea glass, Mermaids’ Tears). In County Cork, I got lucky in the town of Schull. Right next to the ferry port, there is a tiny beach area, and there was a lot of ocean glass among the rocks and pebbles. A large…
We had a very good night’s sleep and made it to breakfast closing time (by 10:30) just in time. We took one last stroll through the old part of Meiningen. Having decided to take the scenic route back to Schweinfurt in Northern Bavaria, we were able to pull off the road and saw some interesting…
Our last stroll through Gavalochori If you have read any of the previous posts, then you are familiar with the challenges we had along our journey from Frankfurt to Crete and vice versa. While our journey was difficult, our rental home, Olive Picker’s house, was perfect though. The house is situated at the end of the road…
Along the way to Sussex, after leaving Bar Harbor, we visited Acadia National Park in Maine and the fee for the car pass was USD 20. As there were also many other tourists, it was difficult at times to find a place to park along the road. We drove through the park in one hour…
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