Today we spent five hours traveling from Kyoto to Matsuyama. Matsuyama is a city on Shikoku, the smallest of Japan's four main islands. Shikoku is a bit isolated and most of its cities lie along the coastline. On the south side is the Pacific ocean, while the Seto Inland Sea spans the north side. The train we took today took us on a winding route along N and NW Shikoku, some of the time right next to the Seto Inland Sea. It was so beautiful! Plus, unlike Kyoto, the clouds were moving away, so I was able to get some really great pictures.
By the time we made it to our hotel, we were so hot, sticky, and tired. The lady who owns the hotel (it's a Japanese style guesthouse, actually) greeted us with excellent English and some cold green tea. :) Originally we had planned to visit the famous Dogo Onsen tonight, but we're both so exhausted we may just go to bed soon. Traveling doesn't normally wear me out this much, so I'm pretty sure it's the heat. -_-
Well, tomorrow is a new day. We plan to visit Matsuyama Castle and do some shopping. Hopefully it will be a more interesting blog than today's. :P
Wow! The guest house looks so Japanese!!!! And I love the sunset picture!
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