Christmas Shikoku Trip

Last Christmas, I went to shikoku with some seniors and friends. In the night of December 22nd, two of my seniors called me "what do you say to traveling to shikoku at X'mas? Let's go!". I said "Yes! I want to go!". Next day one of my seniors picked me up to my house in his car. Then this trip's members are Keibow-san, Konchan, Mayachan, Satomi-san, Yusuke and me. We are a student council members. We leaved Kumamoto at 6 o'clock. We used a paying motorway. On the way to shikoku, we dropped in for a short visit to a service area at the near side of a Kanmon strait. We ate dinner in this area. I ate a bowl of rice topped with salmon roe, sea urchin and fugu. Fugu is fried. It's very delicious. After dinner we sailed over to Kanmon strait. We went to Yamaguchi, Hiroshima and Okayama. We sailed over to a Seto large bridge. We arrived at shikoku at 2 a.m. So we went to a health spa with public baths and other health-promoting and recreational facilities. As soon as we arrived, we took a bath in a hot spring. There were a lot of hot springs. For example, traditional Chinese herbal medicine bath, yuzu bath, white bath, pool bath and some saunas. Exceptionally, there was a salt sauna. I started to sweat almost as soon as I went into the salt sauna. Beads of perspiration broke out on my brow. I became to like salt sauna. After taking a hot spring, we gathered in front of big TV. We sat on the sofa. We drank beer a little. One of my seniors bought me a strawberries ice cream. It's very delicious. This health resort, we had to put on an aloha shirt. We laughed and took some pictures six people. And we had a sleep.

Next day we started at ten o'clock a.m. Our first objective for this trip is eating udon as many as possible. To begin with, we went to udon shop in Kagawa. Udon made in Kagawa is very long and delicious. We went to Yamada-ya for udon restaurant. Yamada-ya is a famous udon restaurant. This restaurant was broadcast on nationwide TV. Kamaage-udon is very delicious. Kamaage-udon is a dish in which freshly boiled udon is transferred right from the pot to a bowl containing hot water or light broth. A clerk recommended us to eat this udon. One of my seniors bought udon of Yamada-ya to take home. After that we went to a shrine. When I pulled out an omikuji it had "Daikichi" written on it. I was very glad. Then we went to Gold Tower. Gold Tower is a nice spot for us. We can see a beautiful view from the top of this tower. And we went to the park. We played with a swing and a launching platform. We met two elementary school students in Tokushima. The were so cute. Then we went to take a hot spring. This hot spring is famous for Tokushima. After hot spring, we went on a shopping expedition for tonight's party. We bought sushi, chickens, alcoholic drinks and side dishes. In addition Keibow-san said "Let's buy a Christmas cake!". So I went to buy a Christmas cake with him. I was very glad. We went to a cottage which Konchan reserved in advance. When we arrived at this cottage, we prepared for tonight's Christmas party. We drank to our happiness. Christmas dinner was very delicious. After dinner, we talked about own love. Everyone talked about past hopeless love. I thought it's good for me to go to shikoku with them.

Last day, we went to eat breakfast. We went to tataki-don. Tataki-don is Katsuo in which the outer surface is lightly grilled, leaving the inner flesh raw, usually served in slices with onion or other pungent herbs on the rice. Tataki is famous in Kochi. I like Katsuo very much, so it's very delicious. Then we went to a Kochi castle. We can see a nice view in Kochi from the top of castle. After that we went to Katsurahama beach. This beach is famous for walking by Ryoma Sakamoto. We took some pictures and we bought udon and Katsuo to take home. When we rode on our car, Keibow-san gave Christmas present to me! This Christmas present is a tee shirt printing Ryoma Sakamoto. I was very glad! After beach, we went to eat Christmas dinner in Ehime. On the way to restaurant for dinner, we can see a lot of beautiful Christmas lights. Keibow-san and Konchan treated us to a meal of Christmas! It tasted so good!

2009's Christmas is the happiest for twenty years my life. I thought I'm a lucky and happy person. I thank Keibow-san and Konchan from the bottom of my heart. Thank you!

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