08 May 2021, 18:49

Great time with Daisuke and Hiroe at Googoo

Googoo is the sound of an empty stomach and of deep sleep. So what better name to use for a restaurant and guest house?

Located just two minutes apart by foot, Googoo Restaurant and Googoo Guest House are a delicious and clean combo for Italian food and place to sleep off the meal and ample drinks.

Daisuke and Hiroe are also backpackers, heading for months long adventures in different places around the world. We have some overlap in South America and Rapa Nui.

While writing this entry, I got another full glass of umeshu. And they have ice cream… Yikes stripes! Will I wake up in time tomorrow?

2021 may 08 guest house googoo entrance

2021 may 08 restaurant googoo

2021 may 08 François with umeshu

2021 may 08 daisuke working at googoo

20:20

Oh my goodness, they picked up my tab at the restaurant. So generous!

Daisuke had said 遊び来てね! and that 遊び is what made me think it would be worth it to take my tired butt over there. So worth it indeed! We had great conversations about travel and he asked world-traveler type questions, including “what prompted you to stay in Japan?”

Really super best of alll the places I have stayed. Apa was 3700 cheap and impersonal. Googoo was just 5000 yen and included dinner and hours of great friendly conversation!

08 May 2021, 15:38

interesting pool thing

What is this?

2021 may 07 looks like a pool 2021 may 07 looks like trough covers 2021 may 07 overview of pool and covers

From the side

2021 may 07 pool from the side

08 May 2021, 11:14

François and a big dam screw

François found a big dam screw

2021 may 07 François with a big dam screw

08 May 2021, 10:42

I may have found Jurassic Park

Welcome to Jurassic Park

2021 may 07 moss looks like jurassic park

08 May 2021, 10:36

skeleton of a skate ramp

Skate ramp frame

2021 may 07 skate ramp frame left 2021 may 07 skate ramp frame right

08 May 2021, 10:17

confusing guy wires

Confusing guy wires… why do they have two wires on the bottom one of which is unused?

2021 may 07 two on the bottom on the outer 2021 may 07 two on the bottom on the inner 2021 may 07 two on the bottom on both 2021 may 07 only one each on the top on both

08 May 2021, 09:42

a few pics before breakfast

There’s something familiar about this picture

2021 may 07 train line keeps on going

Neat to see this new number (50)

2021 may 07 deicer label 50

And right next to it a new manhole cover with three birds flying

2021 may 07 manhole cover with three birds

And a little bit ago I noticed that each of these tiles were tied with wire down onto something, I assume bamboo.

2021 may 07 curved tiles wired to top of wall

08 May 2021, 09:23

crossing Nakanokuchi River

Crossing Nakanokuchi River

2021 may 07 screenshot of map crossing river 2021 may 07 looking east 2021 may 07 looking west toward the shinkansen line

08 May 2021, 09:16

junk near farm

Found some junk right next to a farm

2021 may 07 looking across farm at junk 2021 may 07 line between junk and farm 2021 may 07 cool bicycle frame 2021 may 07 lots of tires 2021 may 07 more across the street 2021 may 07 there is a spider web between the truck and the stuff

08 May 2021, 09:08

long greenhouse windows

Wow. They’ve got this crank that will unroll and looks like simultaneously come down the pole to close the plastic window along a 50 m length of greenhouse.

2021 may 07 long plastic is long