Notices by Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io), page 41

Spent 2 hours in Kobe.

This is Nishimura Coffee, a French-style cafe in a Bavarian-style building. Their espresso wasn't great though.

@Tanuki @benoit Hold on, was it a real Uber or UberX?

By "real", I mean a personal vehicle driven by the owner who doesn't have a pre-agreed shift: they can drive whenever they have nothing better to do.

@globalc @makuharigaijin @benoit All right, see you tonight 6pm at 2 foods Shibuya Loft.

I can also come to the nomikai tomorrow. Do I need to let them know in advance?

花火 (hanabi, literally "flower fire") are a popular summer tradition for kids.

It was my first experience in real life, but I watched enough anime to know exactly what to expect: everyone holds the sticks still in the center of a circle. The one that sparkles the longest wins! 😁

Rode this cute train on the way back to my friend's home.

@benoit But it's only ¥410... How can they pay so many master gardeners by charging less than half of a movie theater?

They say that Ritsurin let's you enjoy all 4 seasons of Japan.

Too bad I missed the highlight of the spring season: 🌸 花見 (hanami), the cherry blossoms:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanami
#japan #takamatsu #shikoku

And this should be the last of the 4 ponds 🤩
#takamatsu #shikoku #japan

In Los Angeles you can't even buy a soda in a friggin' cinema with $5! 😂

Anyway, they served my matcha 🍵

And you can enjoy all this for ¥700, or about $5.

Oh! There's a boat slowly rowing over the pond!

...with a view on a beautiful pond...

This magnificent tea house...

Everywhere I see gardeners at work. Maintaining a park like this must not be cheap...

Up until now, Shinjuku Gyoen was my favorite botanical park in the entire world. Now it's at risk of being demoted to second best! 🤩

#takamatsu #shikoku #japan

Another pond has an incredible density of colorful koi 🎏

ずっとカメ！
🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢

These landscapes and the historical buildings are indeed magnificent...

Ritsurin Koen (栗林公園) is considered one of the finest botanical gardens in #Japan, and also ChatGPT's top sightseeing recommendation for #Takamatsu.

Walking through Takamatsu's shotengai (covered market street).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dtengai
#takamatsu #japan