Japan Day 2



Yummy toast breakfast with salad and yoghurt to start off the day:)

Our first destination, Hell Valley.  A place where sulphur is emitted from the ground... :S

Cool bus-ticket machine on the bus which we took to and from Hell Valley :P  It's at the back door of the bus , which is also the door from which we get on.

The ticket will reflect a number on the top right-hand corner...ours reflects a number "1"...and thus...

...according to electronic board at the front of the bus, our "1" on the ticket means that we'll be paying 330yen :)  A simple and cool way of paying for our ticket;) Oh yes, they have a coin-changing machine ON the bus too! :)

Helly Valley

All that smoke?  That's sulphur:p

Can you spot me in the mirror? :P  At the train station waiting for our train to take us to our next destination..

Yaaaay the train is here!! :)

I LOVE this shot:)  The funny things is, I didn't even frame this shot on purpose :P  It was randomly shot when I was hurriedly walking across the road by just snapping with my camera which was at my waist level :D We were at Shiraoi, on our way to the Ainu Village:D

Love railway shots :)

Ainu Village, Japan's aboriginal heritage.

Ainu dog...CUUUUUUUTTTEEEEE:)

Ainu bear! :P  The reason why he's sitting in this funny position is because I was about to feed him a biscuit through that long metal pole which he has strategically placed his mouth at :)

Shots taken at the lake beside Ainu village...love the scenery...

Ainu cultural performance.

The ainu girl is so tiny! :) 

My friends and I were super intrigued by this chopstick rest at one of the restuarants we ate at!  By the way, it is a REAL fish :P  I sniffed it and it had a fishy smell :)

Our yummy-looking spread:)

MY bowl of yummy-looking food :)