Tombs, a gorge and a super resort - 22 May 2017

on the road

Monday, 22 May 2017

Leaving the Sheraton hotel after breakfast and on the road again for several hours coz today we have to cover several kilometers to reach our new home for 2 nights; Resort Spagreenness; wow what an awesome resort, love this place with spacious/minimalistic rooms, a terrace, a private onsen (!) and with a view on mount Aso. Superb.

BUT before heading for Spagreenness we visited:

• the tombs of Saitobaru, which are dating back to 300-6000 AD
  impressive

the largest tomb, which we could enter

harvesting at the tea plantation opposite the tombs

another tomb

fortunately didn't see them ... yet

Next stop the Takochiho gorge with the famous waterfall, where you can hire a rowing boat and canoe around for 30 minutes in the gorge (with many others).

This was one of my Kyushu bucket list destinations; a must do. Loved it!

Peter loved it toooo

the gorge with waterfall seen from the view point

worshipping

waiting in line

mmm not easy to not finger at the other ones ..... (google translate ?)

Fun

after our boat trip we had a drink (cold coffee) at the restaurant above the river/gorge, where they apparently also serve 'hormone pork'

 Continuing our journey along rice fields and mount Aso:

After arrival at Spagreenness we of course extensively used our private onsen and afterwards had a super dinner at the onsite restaurant (mandatory food pics)

explaining to our host, who only speaks Japanese

salad, soo posh

fried fish and vegetable soup

sashimi served on an ice ball

Happy here at this temp home.
dikke kus
Carina