Jap Blog 4th August 1996

Up at a reasonable hour to catch the train. Had a 50 minute stop in Fukuchiyama so we walked to the castle and took a few photos. Photo of mountainside and tunnel at Kutani. Stopped in Tottori, had lunch and caught a bus out to the Tottori Sand Dune. Took the cable car to the dune from the bus stop. The guy running the cable looked after our backpacks. For free, as long as we were back before he closed [author’s note – I told you these people were generous].

Climbed the dune and then went boring down the other side to the beach. I’m sure that I broke the world record for 100 metres! Bit of a bastard climbing back up though. Back to the train station and bought some bread and milk. Played Pachinko. Can’t see the fun in it myself. Apparently it is very addictive. Took the train to Matsue and met Wayne’s friend, Yukinari Sano, whose mother picked us up. Nice tea followed by massages [author’s note – don’t remember this]. Bed at 1:30 am.

- posted by Hammy @ 8:18 am