LOST IN TRANSLATION - Chapter 9 Kagoshima and then to Bepu
Getting around in Japan is so easy, when you are taken in hand. If we were a little tentative about in which direction our hotel Dormy Inn was to be found, Jerome took a look through the map views and off we went! Once at the hotel I saw that we were to be « overtaken » by Halloween. It’s surprising that such a fete has now become a commercial event in Japan and when I say hard sell, I mean it. We would see later in the evening - when once again we were restaurant hunting. The crowds were impossible. But then of course, I had my sake to help me on my way and those horrible looking cakes and kitsch flower decorations to make my eyebrows raise even more than usual. I also drank the white wine which tasted dreadful! The men wanted to go and see the volcano. I would let them do so happily as the volcano is still erupting…Etna was enough for me. Sakurajima’s activity became more prominent in 1955, and the volcano has been erupting almost