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Another highlight of the trip, sunflower field. We are lucky to get to see that all the sunflowers have opened up fully as it is still not the season yet. Sunflower season is at August and Lavander season is middle of July.
This is one of the musical boxes which i find it very cute. It have a timer and when it is time, those teddy bears will start playing. Very cute but very expensive. Take a look at the price tag 21 000 yen, it is about S$380.
Otaru is famous for its handmade musical box. The box or casing may not be Japan made, but the mechanism is 100% Japan made. The music is crystal clear and fine compared to musical box made from other country. The price for these musical box can be very very expensive. But it is worth to walk around the store as the store itself is converted from warehouse. The place is very enchanting to shop around.
Otaru is a romantic town. Stroll along the Otaru canal and discovered the old warehouse along the side of the canal. Previously, this canal is an very important river for Otaru, this river is used to transport goods to Otaru, therefore you can found alot of warehouse along the canal. But now, this canal is a tourist attraction.
We went to tour around Japan best brew beer Asahi Beer factory, you cant take picture inside the factory but it is worth to tour around. Japanese's technology is really very advance. While we were touring the factory, the large production line, we only saw 2 workers maintaining that large line. The whole production line is totally automated, from producing the beer till the packaging all automated. I got to know that the whole factory only consist of slightly over 100 workers, wow that is impressive.
Dining inTatami can be a very advanturous task. Well why i said that, it is because, you will be wearing your Yukata while dining, the sleeves of your Yukata is very long, so you have to make sure those sleeves of yours dont get to drink the soup on the table. Another thing is that you will be kneeing while eating, this will killed your legs as it will get cramp in no time. You can sit cross legged if you want but it is also very uncomfortable. And also ladies, pls to extra careful if you are sitting cross legged make sure nothing is expose below..................................
After dinner, you can stroll along the street of the hot spring resort area. They have a few convenience stores which is 24hrs. Alot of souvenir stores selling local tibits and delights. And also there is a hell god temple, this hell god is the god tha over look and control the hell. Take note, the large hell god satute will change its face at exactly 8pm. So dun miss it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Playing Pachinko is very popular in Japan and also very additive. My tour guide said that you have to use your right hand to find tune to an angle for the ball bearing to fall to the center of the board so that it will fall into the hole and activate the jackpot. If you hit the jackpot, ball bearings will fall out. These ball bearings can be exchange into gifts but not money as it is illegal in Japan to exchange into money. But i heard there is a back door out to actually change those bearings into money. But only the locals know how.My tour guide told me that there is one incident that a young mother actually hooked on playing Pachinko, so one day, during summer, she brought her few months baby to play Pachinko, she put her baby inside the car and leave a tiny air gap in the window. But as it is summer, the car got very hot and the baby got sufficated inside the car. And this news got...
Wearing Yukata is very common and you will find that every hotels will put a Yukata in your room. But wearing Yukata on the street will only to common in the hot spring resort area but not in the city.Another thing to note that is wearing Yukata has to fold your left inside and then your right. Dun do it wrong like put your right inside and then to your left, this method of wearing is only for death people.
This is one of the few sign board that actually have english explaination of the hell valley. Below is what it say:HISTORY OF JUGOKUDUNI VALLEYMt Kuttara, the central crater of which is where kuttarako Lake is located, began volcanic activities again in its western foot in the Holocene epoach ( 10,000 years ago in the present). Thousands of years of repeated phreatic explosions produces the geographical deatures around Jigokudani Valley High volcanic energy in the form of magma is believed to be stored underground. Gas is emitted and hot water spouts out actively even now.PLANTS AROUND JIGOKUDANI VALLEYAltough the elevation of Jigokudano Valley is only 210 yo 260 meters, such alpine plants as Marsh tea and Crowberry, grow there. This is because the surrounding environment is very severe for plants due to such emitted gas as hydrogen suifide or the presence of the highly acidic and...
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