Shirahama Onsen

We have just returned from the Onsen. We went yesterday, as I said before. Going there, I rode with Mummy & Daddy in Auntie Akemi's car, and Ojiichan and Obaachan went in Ojiichan's car. Soon after getting into the car, I fell asleep and slept almost the whole way there.

We were staying at a Ryoukan (Japanese style inn) so our room was a tatami room. Mummy & Daddy & I had one room and the others had a room next door. Soon after arriving we were served dinner in the others' room.

After dinner, I went with Mummy & Daddy to the (private) family bath and we had a nice time, but since we only had 30 minutes, it was a bit of a rush. Anyway, it was the first time for me to take a bath with them both together. After that, Mummy went for a massage / beauty treatment and Daddy went to the Men's ofuro (bath) while I stayed with Ojiichan and Obaachan. Ojiichan drank too much whiskey, so he fell to sleep. When Mummy and Daddy came back, he woke up and we talked for a while.

Daddy took me back to our room to sleep, but because of my teeth, I couldn't sleep easily. He gave me some Pamol finally at 2am and we all got to sleep around 3am. This morning I slept in again and Mummy woke me at 9am to have breakfast. We had this in the dining room, and the people around all looked at me and said how cute I was.

It was funny to watch Daddy try to eat the exotic things they were served, including this whole dried fish. He bit the head off it, and ate that (after much chewing), but decided not to eat the rest of it.

We took some photos, bought some souvenirs (including a picture book for me), and left the Ryoukan. I fell asleep as soon as I was in the car again, and woke up when we stopped at a restaurant for lunch. While the others ate their sushi and tempura, I had my marmite sandwich and milk. As soon as I got into the car to go again, I fell asleep again! I woke up when we arrived at Ojiichan and Obaachan's beach house in Shirako. Its a very small one room place with a vege garden and bbq space. We couldn't see inside because Obaachan forgot to bring the key. So we didn't stay there long, and once we were on the road again, I went back to sleep again!! I woke up when we arrived at Yokumart (supermarket) near home, and had look around before we finally drove home. At home, Ojiichan wanted to push me around on my train, but Obaachan said its too late because it makes noise.