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Hay /trv/,

Haveing returned from Japan for a few months ago, I miss my travels there already. I've set my sights on another trip, this time to the places of the rustic countryside and resort towns I've fell in love with the last time I was there.

Flying into KIX, I would like to travel through the San-in coast, to northern Kyushu all the way down to Kagoshima and as south as the railroad goes, and stopping by Shikoku once more before I fly out of KIX.

I intend to arm myself with JR passes, and take limited expresses liberally. What are some places you might recommend in the areas I want to visit?

Bonus question: How can I move down to the beaches of Kagoshima pref. and learn to surf? I'm a graduating student, soon to become a salariman in the finance dept
>> Anonymous
gb2/n/. They've seriously got five pages worth of Japanese train threads.
>> Anonymous
>>33766
I'm from /n/. I can take the trains well enough, I just needs some first-hand advice on some places good to visit.
>> Anonymous
ANN CARROLL, The Gazette Published: Saturday, May 10

My back and shoulders are roasting, but I won't budge from the scalding Ibusuki sand baths until my Japanese friend caves.

"I'm okay," I insist, squirming to open a small air pocket between my shoulder blades and the sand scorching my back.

Hot-spring-fuelled sand baths draw thousands of stressed Japanese and foreign tourists a year to Ibusuki, a small seaside resort on Kyushu, one of the four main islands in the Japanese archipelago.

The southern island of Kyushu is known for its near-tropical climate, active volcanoes, historic castles and shrines, pottery, and ubiquitous hot springs and natural sand baths.

The Ibusuki Natural Sand Bath Centre on Kinko Bay is about an hour's drive south of Kagoshima City, a pleasant castle town described in tourist brochures as the "southern gateway to Japan."

The centre attracts visitors with promises of improved blood circulation and relief for aching muscles and other maladies. Most people come away feeling refreshed and relaxed; the foolhardy leave with a racing pulse and a lobster-red back.

http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/travel/story.html?id=a97eabd1-89ed-47c1-a5d5-0573f3f17aaa
>> Anonymous
>>33793
Great article on southern Kyushu. I tried the sand baths in Beppu, and it was awesome.
>> Anonymous
Take the Kyushu Shinkansen "Tsubame"
>> Basking in Japanese delights Anonymous
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Spa guests relax in the hotspring-heated sand at the Ibusuki Natural Sandbath Centre, on Kinko Bay in southern Kyushu. Sandbathers wear a full-length cotton robe and keep a towel wrapped around their necks to protect them from the scalding sand beneath their bodies. The only way to turn down the heat is to ask attendants to remove some of the sand weighting the body down onto the hot sands below. Many Japanese are used to naturally heated sandbaths and hotspring pools and can tolerate an incredi
>> Anonymous
>>36409
Welcome to Lavaridge City! If you're a Trainer, please stop by the Fiery Flannery's gym.
>> not the OP or Spartacus Anonymous
Any suggestions for visiting Hokkaido?