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2023 memories

I’m late to the party but here’s the year.

january
I was in Manchester

february
Trip to Hagi – Izumo – Matsue – Sakaiminato – Kurashiki – Takamatsu.

march
Cherry blossoms and a nighttime cruise.

april
Nezu and azaleas and uni friends.

may
Yokohama to see Scott Murphy.

june
Some family were in Tokyo and a trip to Chichibu

july
Hiroshima to see…Rivers Cuomo and Scott Murphy – I think the highlight of my year.

august
=W=eezer in Odaiba and fireworks

september
Back to Manchester.

october
Friend’s wedding and chomping my way around Manchester.

november
More food, this time ...

国内旅行: Tokyo to Hagi 4of6

We’re still in Matsue and today we headed to the Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum. I’d heard of him but never read any of his works (still haven’t but intend to) but it was still very interesting. The pictures below are of his old residence which is beautiful but freezing. Discounts for ‘foreigners’ as well. I always wonder how people can tell?

Still snow on the ground

After the museum, we strolled over to Horikawa Sightseeing Boat. You can see from the picture of the street above that it was a wet day – it was chucking it down ...

国内旅行: Tokyo to Hagi 3of6

We departed Hagi, bound for Izumo. It has a famous shrine – Izumo Taisha. It has a huge straw rope and was the birth place of Japan.

For lunch we went for soba and zenzai. Apparently it’s traditional (but where can’t you get soba in Japan?). It came with a little fortune and a sand charm.

Then we started strolling down towards the train station where there are lots of little souvenir type shops and kiosks selling food. We had honey ice cream.

Next, we hopped on the train to Matsue.

We’d just seen a programme the night before ...