August 22, 2001: Our "Bookmark" |
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 Typhoon No.11 was passed without giving any major damage to our Oita. We have a beautiful day today and we drove out just after the breakfast. |
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| To where? Yes, our favorite "bookmark" Kujyuu Highland.
Corn has already bear large fruits. |
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 Deep blue sky tells us the arrival of autumn. |
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 We arrived Hita-Pass, an old road from Kumamoto to Oita in Edo era. The pine trees were planted in those days. This is a view point of Kujyu Highland. |
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 There is a good Marathon training course. |
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 Many high school student appeared. |
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 After the warm up they started to running. |
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| They are from Kagoshima. They will train here for six days, the teacher said. Young students are running vividly. I tried to "run" a little (right.) | |||||||||
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I was soon exhausted. My husband relaxes in the shade in the cool breeze. |
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| Lunchtime has come. Where we should go?
After all, we headed Yufuin, another bookmark. Mt. Yufu welcomes me as usual with clouds around it. |
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Yufuin is crowded with summer vacation families.
We wait our turn for a while. |
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| A jumbo pumpkin is displayed on the entrance. An ordinary sized one is put on the top. How much the jumbo pumpkin weighs? |  |
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Unusual calligraphy books are in the restaurant.
We took local beer, tongue stew, chef's recommendation tomato salad, and rice ball. They were really tasty. |
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| The sunlight filtering down through the trees makes beautiful pattern on the wooden terrace. |  |
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Wild lily was swinging in the garden. | ||||||||
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| After the lunch, my husband enjoyed a spa run by Yufuin town (left.) I visited a coffee shop in Tamanayu Hotel, one of my favorite resorts. I enjoyed a rich time by reading the book over a cup of iced black tea. The space is really luxurious. | |||||||||
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| We then visited Kotokoto-ya tearoom. This is really good place I can relax. The tearoom is run by the most important friend of mine. We often visit here on every time of Yufuin Music Festival. | |||||||||
| The first item upon the visit to the tearoom is a large flower basin. I am always interested in what flower is arranged today. Beside the basin was Sagisou flower. The new couple walks a dog named Juju, an Afghan Hound. |
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The 26th Yufuin Movie Festival starts from today. The eve is held tonight at a square in front of Yufuin station. | ||||||||
| The staff is working busy for setting up a stage of Yunohira Kids Kagura Dance performance. Click the picture to enlarge. |
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| We have had a good day in the breeze of early autumn. | |||||||||
