John W. wrote:
> Declan Murphy wrote:
>  > John W. wrote:
>  >
>  >> Declan Murphy <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>  >> news:<40C95DAC.7040306@hotmail.com>...
>  >>
>  >>> sum1 wrote:
>  >>>
>  >>>> Declan Murphy <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>  >>>> news:<40C881F1.6040600@hotmail.com>...
>  >>>>
>  >>>>> ....is where I'm going to be again on Saturday. Apart from
>  >>>>> the castle, gardens, shops etc, any suggestions in particular
>  >>>>> for things to see, do, eat etc before I head back to Kobe in
>  >>>>> the evening?
>  >>>>
>  >>>> Forget the url for Shoshazan:
>  >>>>
>  >>>> http://www.shosha.or.jp/
>  >>>
>  >>> I'm off in 5 minutes. Thanks to both of you.
>  >>
>  >> Did you get to the restaurants/bars I mentioned? I haven't been in
>  >> a year or so and it'd be good to know if they're still there, and
>  >> if so are still good.
>  >
>  > No I didn't. I underestimated by a couple of hours the amount of time
>  > it would take to cover shoshazan. Next visit.
>  >
> That's fairly common with Shosha, I think. I think because it's in the
> sticks (relatively speaking) people either avoid it altogether or only 
> schedule a short amount of time there. But it's a pretty nice place that 
> can occupy quite a bit of time.

I was surprised by it. I've been all over Hiei before and done most of 
the Saigoku Sanjusankasho Meguri and wasn't expecting too much from 
shosha at all. The place is huge. And even though it was a Sunday almost 
all my photos have no people in them. Next time I'm down that way I 
think I'll allocate a good 4 or 5 hours to the place.


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