the tourist thing

Having been abandoned by the others, I decided I should actually do some sightseeing around Hagi. Starsky (the Abu JET), having nothing else to do, came into Hagi and we made it around a few of the sights.
Our first stop: Mos Burger. You haven't lived until you've eaten here.
Then on to Kikuya's House. This place was pretty cool. There was heaps of old stuff (plates, weapons, coins, toys, books, paintings and chamber pots. The garden was amazing! I could happily spend all day in that garden. These are a couple of the many pictures taken in that place:


Tiny figurines.


A painting of some dude - real pretty in real life.

Starsky and I then walked down to the old Hagi castle ruins. It's more of a park than a castle - only the outer walls and a bit of the moat are still there, but it was pretty cool. While Starsky climbed the hill that used to be castle living space (I think), I sat by the moat and watched these adorable baby turtles swimming around. There were also these giant carp in the moat. It was perfect weather the whole day and well worth all the walking.


Castle battlement and moat.


Giant carp (and turtles, believe it or not!).

Other highlights of the day:

Getting a 30 yen (50 cent) fortune and then ripping it when tying it to the tree. I'm told God reads the ripped ones first, but I'm not sure if that was just to make me feel better or not.

On seeing a crane land across a lake from us, Starsky: "Look! A pelican!"

I think that just about sums it up. By the way, did I mention Starsky was American? :)