Sunday, March 28, 2010

Kinugawa


Kinugawa hot spring last weekend. Kinugawa is a small city north of Utsunomiya built around the hot springs. Went on a little hike with Misato saw some monkeys caged and wild. There are a bunch of little statues around called Oni, which is a little demon guy. From what Misato said Kinugawa means something like evil river because a lot of people used to kill themselves there, hence the demon figure guy. Great place for a resort! Click Oni picture below for a link to more pictures.
Kinugawa

Monday, March 15, 2010

Moshico Pottery Town


Went to a town called Moshico, which is supposedly a very artsy town with a lot of pottery. I was a little disappointed though because it seemed a lot more commercial than I was expecting. I did get to sign up for a pottery class and made a flower vase and a big serving bowl. I have to go back in a few weeks to pick them up. In general it was pretty good. I am having computer problems and am now booting my OS off my external hard drive, which is not that great. Hopefully Ill get my new hard drive in the mail and will be back to my normal computer soon. I really need to get my pictures and music off my old hard drive... I am going to an Onsen soon. Check out the pics from Moshico. There are some that are awesome, especially of Tanuki, which you can see in the picture he has huge testicles, yeah those are not his feet!
Moshico