Lyudmila and Jozef Klacz were invited to the Playas del Coco villa in Costa Rica by the friends to spend some time before the start of the wet season when it rains all the days long. I interviewed this couple. Valentina (1(: What was the weather like in Costa Rica at this time of the…
We’re on Honshu, in the capital city of Aomori, which faces Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait. We took a long trip by bus observing all streets, villages, farms, the Japanese countryside and came to the outskirts of Aomori to see the Big Buddha. The tourist guide told us: “Aomori Showa Daibutsu, also known as the…
Over Island Hokkaido seemed to be overcast all the way to its third biggest after Sapporo and Asahikawa city of Hakodate, located on Oshima peninsular. In spite of heavy rain we dressed ourselves in yellow raincoats for this occasion plus umbrellas for protection and looked pretty imposant, bravely stepped out of the ship. Hakodate looked…
Otaru is a city port in Shinbeshi, Hokkaido, Japan, northwest of Sapporo. The city faces the Ishikan Bay, and has long served as the main port of the bay. We walked around the area several times during our cruise stop on August 17, 2014. We were impressed with Otaru canal, both the historical sites as…
The next stop of the cruise ship was Russian town Korsakov on Island Sakhalin. In 42 kilometers south from Korsakov is situated the other Russian town Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Tourists with the Russian passports rushed immediately for free tour around the island and up to Yu. Sakhalinsk. The rest part of the tourist crowd was allowed to…
The harbor and fishing port of Kushiro is inviting us with lots of multi-colored masts on the fishing boats, embankment along the city, never freezing waters make the Kushiro port to be desirable for trading and the fishing industries. We arrived by bus early in the morning on August 14, 2014. We saw fishermen preparing…
Hi, “diamond Princess”, nice to meet you! The fifth time we were on the ship (before “holland America Lines”-2 times, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Carnival Cruises and now “Princess”. Each ship has an individual character, not judging by captain’s crew and staff. By “character” I mean “the life style” and manner of cruising, style of decoration…
Crawling onto the second floor of one of the popular Japanese Sushi-Bars at the Shibakoen, we were met politely and sat at the high tables to have a fill. In today’s menu there were sushi and Rock sushi, Hawaii rolls, Hibachi, sushimi, tatami, spicy tuna and a Ji Japanese Mackarel, Sushi Sashimi combo. We quickly…
From Tokyo Station (Marunonchi Central Exit) is 15 minutes’ walk to the Tokyo Imperial Palace, this is our excursion with our knowledgeable tourist guide Larisa. I, personally, was not tired to be surprised how quickly she adapted to the metro system of such megapolis as Tokyo: transfer here and there and here we are in…
We walked about 5 minutes from the Tokyo Prince Hotel where we stayed in a shaded sidewalk that led us to the side area of the Zojoji Buddha temple grounds. Zojoji temple with the Tokyo tower on the background presented for some the great contrast pictures between old and new Japan though. The first things…