Japan – Matsuyama (Dogo Onsen)/ Takamatsu / Osaka

So I arrived in Matsuyama and grabbed a taxi to the hotel after being tired and just wanting to chill out. Dogo onsen was the perfect place. We stayed in a spacious Ryoken when no english was spoken, took some adjusting to but I was fine.

Dogo Onsen being one of Japans oldest hot springs was pretty cool to see. Such a large building too.  However on one of the days it was far to hot for me to even contemplate going inside!

A few days on and I left for Takamatsu. Little did I know this day would be eventful. The journey was ok, not too long but not short enough lol.

On arrival in Takamatsu I made my way to the hotel and chilled for about 2 mins before handing them my bags and being told my room wasnt ready. So I took the time to go around Takamatsu castle. Not like English castles but in their own way very cool! These castles in Japan seem to be soo peaceful (although at one point im sure they were busy). I wandered around for little over an hour before heading to the arcade and shops further down the road.

Afterwards I headed back to the hotel and checked in, rested briefly and then headed out to the station to go to Ritsurin park!

I picked the right day to do as it was super nice weather. The park was not so far from the station near by and well worth travelling too. Such a peaceful and beautiful place. When I was there I felt miles away. Was a really nice feeling. The park is huge and took a while to walk around and cost around 400 yen entry per person. After a couple of hours I headed back to Takamatsu station and then back to the hotel.

The following day I got up at 6am ready fro my day trip to Osaka. Random trip, unplanned. But I`d done what I wanted to do in Takamatsu so I figured I`d trip it to Osaka.

Takamatsu to Okayama, Okayama Shinkansen to Shin Osaka and the Shin Osaka to Osaka.

Took about 2 1/2 hours there and ofc the same back. But was worth it. Huge department stores and allsorts!

More to come!

~ by alwaysricochet on August 26, 2008.