Announcement of Merge!

Announcement!!!

Merger of Shuumi's Squiggles and Shuumi's Travelogue is confirmed!

Too much of a bother to maintain 2 blogs... My travelogue didnt get as many hits as Squiggles did, so will consolidate everything into Squiggles and I think... It's gonna to be mainly a travelogue... All photos and ramblings from my les voyages will be posted here.

Will be transferring posts from the travelogue over the next few days, so please keep a look out for my travel photos at Shuumi's Squiggles!

Paranomic View from the Top of the Lighthouse

Dunno why so small leh... Think you can click on it to see it clearer.

Shionomisaki Lighthouse 潮岬灯台

Overlooking the Shionomisaki Lighthouse

This view is rated the top 100 hundred evening spots in Japan, but... we didn't manage to catch the sunset... all because of the bus system that ends at 4pm. Here's how it looks during sunset. Taken from the top sunrise/sunsets in japan.

Overlooking into the Pacific Ocean

see the roundish horizon? the earth is not flat...

Shionomisaki

Shionomisaki... located at longitude 135.46 east and latitude 33.26 north in the southernmost tip of Honshu.

The visitor centre against heavy cloud cover, taken across from the shiba-grassland.... The sun was horrendous that day, and both of us got sun-tanned...

Hashikui-iwa Rocks II

More photos from Hashikui-iwa Rocks...

Hashikui-iwa Rocks

From the seashore of Kushimoto toward Oshima, various sizes of over 40 strangely shaped rocks rise up in a row of about 850m, as if only bridge piles have been left, Hashikui-iwa is one of the best place of scenic beauty in Nanki designated as a national natural treasure.

Kino-Matsushima Cruise II

Camel Rock...
Lion Rock....

Kino-Matsushima Cruise

"Kino-Matsushima", scattered around 17km in the vicinity of Katsuura Port, shows a beauty of the seashore that nature has created. Among all-sized islands floating on the blue ocean, there is a camel rock, a lion island, "Tsurushima" of a cave, and "Yamanari-jima" where lieutenant general Taira no Koremori is said to have committed suicide into the water after his defeat by Genji in the fighting of Yashima. This place is famous for its scenic beauty of Kumano.

Tsurushima...

The view from Taichi...

Heavy Cloud Cover over Port of Kii-Katsuura

Nachi Waterfall II

Nachi Waterfall

Quiet town of Kii-Katsuura

On the way to Kii-Katsuura, by the Pacific Ocean

Wakayama

A main highlight of our trip was to go to Wakayama and visit some of the national heritages in Japan and to also go to the southern-most tip of Honshu, Japan. We made an overnight trip and visited 3 places:-

1. The fishing port and onsen town of Kii-Katsuura
-> Nachi-mountain and Nachi waterfall, the tallest waterfall in Japan.
-> Kino-Matsushima cruise, among the naturally formed islands.

2. Kushimoto
-> Hashikui-iwa rocks, Japan's national natural treasure and top 100 evening scenic spots.

3. Shionomisaki
-> Located at longitude 135.46 east and latitude 33.26 north in the southernmost tip of Honshu.
-> Japan's top 100 evening scenic spots.
-> Shionomisaki lighthouse, with more than 100 yrs of history.

Although we didnt manage to capture any pictures of sunsets at these spots becos last bus and train ends before 6pm, the experience was still good and we also were able to appreciate the nature in these areas. (Psst! We were the only non-Japanese there!)

Hep Five Ferris Wheel, Osaka

Word Verification Turned On

Received advice from Moozilla to turn on word verification in my comments to stop automated anonymous comments. I have done so and everyone can start leaving me comments again!

Thanks, Moozilla!

Anonymous Comments Disabled

Have been receiving many spam comments... Sick of deleting them... Have disabled anonymous comments... please register with blogspot before making comments... Sorry for any conveniences...

Maybe I will edit my blog code to put my email address in...

But if anyone knows of a way to stop the spam comments and still let non-bloggers to leave their comments, please let me know...

Maiko-san in Kyoto

Butterfly at Kinkaku-ji Kyoto

Grandparents and Grandchild

Kids at Biwa-ko Valley

This girl very sweet and gung-ho... Trying to slam dunk the ball into the basket... Caught this while she was distracted and looking at the activities that was going on...

This boy very cute and sweet... He was very protective of his mum and took care of her all the time.... Kawaii!!!

Kansai Airport

I'm back!

Hallo! I'm back from my Kansai trip... Will start uploading my photos onto the travelogue soon! Have already started posting some of my thoughts during the trip on my blog... Take a look!

Kansai September 2005

Planning for my holiday to Kansai, Japan in September. Yippee!

Think I will put my trip planning details and thoughts to my blog instead of here. I will reserve here entirely for photos... :D

August, hurry up and end. September, hurry up and come!

Yay!

Enoshima

Enoshima is also a popular place in the summer. Many of the Jap dramas often use the sunset at Enoshima as a backdrop....
The top of Mt Fuji can be seen only on very clear days....

Sunset at Inamuragasaki Beach

This beach is one of the top 50 scenic beaches in Japan... Popular place for surfers and it is very packed during the summer. Sugoi ne... To live just beside the Pacific Ocean...

Tsurugaoka Jingu

Built to commenerate the shogun who protected Kamakura - the capital of Japan in the 16th centure. He built the whole stretch of toriis down to the see to pray for the preganancy of his wife.

Flock of birds going home during sundown...

Thousand-yr-old gingko tree at the foot of the stairs of the shrine. Too bad when we went in 2004, the leaves have all dropped... This is the pic taken in 2003, when we went during an earlier period...

Kamakura

Hase-dera...

Buddha statues at Hase-dera....
An eagle flying overhead the temple...