Last Thursday, I took a bus from Osaka to Amanohashidate, which is one of the three famous sights of Japan (along with Miyajima).
The bus ride was a lot better than my previous experience busing to and from Tokyo on the night bus, and they even played a movie so I could practice my listening comprehension skills! I now confess I am mildly curious about what Madagascar (you know, the Dreamworks one about zoo animals) is like in English.
The walk to the youth hostel was through the little town, which was absolutely adorable, and then across the land bridge (which is what the town is famous for, because when viewed from a distance and upside down it looks like a bridge to heaven).
The hostel we stayed at was up a hill. Unlike all the other hostels I'd been to in Japan, which were international hostels, this one was a Japanese one, so that was different. The couple running the place were friendly and joked with me about Japanese people being too concerned about the swine flu.
I rented one of their bikes and we flew down the hill. We took a dip in the water, because I really wanted to. It wasn't as cold as it would have been if it were in Los Angeles.
The next day, before busing back to Osaka, we headed up the hill to get our view of the bridge to heaven.
You're supposed to look at it between your legs.
And then it looks like a bridge to heaven.
Like this.
There was a giant group of old Japanese tourists who went up with us. Andy said, "This happens to me all the time." I think old people sustain the Japanese tourist industry.
We took the chair lift down, which was awesome.
We didn't have that much time there, but I really needed the getaway. It was lovely to see all the greenery, and the water. I'm glad I got to get out of Osaka one more time before I leave.
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