Ladies and gents,
so far so good. Plane trip was uneventfull...better then what we expected with jetstar. Osaka airport`s runway goes into the sea. It was nighttime and the black hole of the water reflected all lights on shore. As told later this is all reclaimed man made land...and the scary thing is it sinks 2cm each year. waiting for them to invent a submarinoplane.
Tested our first night tatami style...gotta to admit the dunnas are so fluffy you`d sleep your brains out. After a record 2 and a half hours for close to 600 km in a shinkansen (moreso hikari) train Emi and Marty were waiting for us at Fukuoka station on south island. Don`t understand all the fuss about franco/english tunnel cos here you don`t even feel it. Just a tunnel like the one to get out of Osaka. Strait to the Onsen, somewhere in country side. "outside hot spring bath": can`t describe the feeling but all you have to do is try it. our skin is as soft as a baby`s still know. you have 3 or 4 different size pools, some individual tubs, sauna, steam room , a salt rubbing one (I mean steam room). Emi and us wandered from one to another. you chat and relax and once in a while when it gets to hot you dip in cold water.
As we write Emi`s parents (Oto-san and Oka-san: affectionate and respectful way to call people older then oneself) are getting the evening organized.
We were so looking forward to this start of the trip. Still on a little cloud.
So long, and next report from the temple city.
La version francaise la prochaine fois ... a court de temps.
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