Julian and my Japanese teacher, Yumi organised a bus tour to Wakayama. It was fantastic as we knew nearly everyone on the bus and it had karaoke! I had never been to that area so I was really looking forward to it. We left early on Saturday morning and stopped at Shirasaki Ocean Park (white rocky cape and the beach), Sandan Peki cliffs (where many people commit suicide off the 50 metre cliffs) and Hashi Kuiiwa (rock formations) before getting to the pier and catching the ferry across to the Urashima Hotel. We all stayed at a hotel on the island which has many natural onsen (mineral baths where you go naked). When we arrived we went to the most famous onsen which is cave like and you can see the sea as it opens out onto the sea. It was really amazing! We then had dinner and then visited 3 more onsen afterwards! The next morning we went to the other cave and sea onsen which was really good too. On the way home we stopped at a kamaboko factory, Kumanokodo (World Heritage Listed pilgrimage walk), Nachi taki (one of Japan's tallest waterfalls), a shrine, ume (pickled plum) factory and shouyu (soy sauce) factory. It was a great weekend and I am looking forward to visiting Shirahama beach in Wakayama in summer as it is meant to be really beautiful and it has sand from Australia! :-)
Panoramic of Shirasaki Ocean Park
At the beach with Jane
Sandan Peki Cliffs
Karaoke on the bus
Hashi Kuiiwa
Our hotel on an island!
The cute turtle ferry we caught
Kumanokodo
Nachi taki
Everyone on the bus tour
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