Where is Fish?

Matsushima was nice..

Staying in a really nice youth hostel, really nice except for the fact they jamm 2 complete strangers in a room barely big enough to fit 2 people lying down in.. Very difficult when you need to go to the toilet in the middle of the night and the other guy is blocking the door... Hmm. that made me realise, the canadian dude that i shared the room with last night is gone so im gonna get back to the hostel and find another stranger in my room.. oh well, what can ya do? Its the cheapest place around...

Went up the coast on a bit of a sightseeing gig today to a place called Matsushima.
Apparently its one of the 3 best sites of Japan. Hmm.. I dunno about that. Basically the place is a bay with lots and lots (hundreds? i dunno i wasnt paying attention) of little islands made of rocks with trees sticking out of them.. That bit wasnt as interesting as it sounds, but the place itself has a big sorta temple type thing as it was occupied by a guy called Masamune who was a.. a.. I dunno a sorta emperor type leader dude of the particular area, and he had a pretty nice place to live as you can expect. But i couldnt get any photos inside the temple cause theres all these signs saying "no photos indoor" and as the locals are probably descendants of the Samurai I would be getting a swift decapitating if i so much as looked at my camera.

Im off to Nikko tomorrow.. lots of old shrines and nice things to look at.. but accomodation looks a bit more expensive and rarer.. maybee ill phone ahead.. Eh.. either way its about 1hr out of tokyo so i could just find another capsule hotel in the big smoke..

Haha! I just looked to the right of me and theres a big sign with the word "attention" in english in big bold letters, then underneath its all japanese.. go figure..
Check you all later... And post comments cause otherwise i get sad :(

posted by Fish @ 7:15 AM