As forecasted, sun was finally there this morning ! Hence, we wanted to return to the beautiful places we had been to, and enjoy them with this sunny weather. We thus took an early breakfast (7 am) but the dining room was already crowded with japanese tourists. We finally left at 7:15, and drove to Kabira Bay. This time, it was high tide, and we could admire the beautiful, clear blue water ! We then drove to Kabira's cape, on the north we...

Every hotel we stayed in, we could find air conditioning and remote control to choose temperature and many other functionalities. In major cities, the remote control was accompanied by a notice written both in japanese and english. But as soon as we left those major cities, no more notice and only japanese buttons ! In order to know how to use such kind of remote controls without losing time or one's time or temper, here is a special Q&A dedicate...

Contrary to what was expected, skies were still grey today. We went to the market to buy tropical fruits (pineapples, passion fruits) and umibudo (seaweeds from okinawa, which look like small green grapes, maybe the longevity secret of people from okinawa !) Then we went back to the tourism office to see if renting a car was possible. Indeed, sun was expected at the end of the day and it is definitely more convenient to have a car on the isla...

Since the beginning of our stay in Japan, we have Yakult for breakfast almost every day. What is Yakult ? To french people, it could be described as an equivalent of Actimel. But it is a much older product for japanese people. A little bit of history: Yakult (ヤクルト, : Yakuruto) is a Japanese probiotic milk-like product made by fermenting a mixture of skimmed milk with a special strain of the bacterium Lactobacillus casei Shirota. It wa...

After more than 2 weeks in the main islands of Japan (Honshu and Kyushu as far as we are concerned), we decided to make a change of scenery and head for the most southern part of Japan : Okinawa prefecture. More specificaly, we will spend 5 days in the Yaeyama Islands, the most southern and most western islands of the archipelago. The Yaeyamas are far closer to Taiwan (125 kilometers) than to Okinawa Island, much less the Japanese mainland. The islands form th...