We left the Iya valley and drove towards the eastern coast of Tokushima prefecture. We wanted to see one of the natural phenomenas - whirlpools - at Naruto (鳴門), which is the coastal down facing Awaji-jima (淡路島).Andrew had been there before with his host family, so he knew where and which boat tour to take. We were lucky to get onto the last boat tour, which took us right around the whirlpools (not into them, obviously).
The whirlpools are almost 
directly below the 鳴門大橋 (Naruto O-hashi), which links Shikoku with Awaji-jima. After the boat tour we took a stroll on the lower level of the bridge (the upper level being vehicle traffic), where there are glass panels on the floor allowing us to see the whirlpools.
After we left Naruto we drove to Tokushima city, stumbled across an izakaya near JR Tokushima station, which played the Glee soundtrack by the entrance, and assigned us to a private room with karaoke (for no extra charges!)... Quoting Seb: "I have died and gone to heaven". The drinks weren't that cheap (no izakaya beats the everything-at-300yen 鳥貴族 chain of izakaya) but still we had fun. We ended the night at another branch of Funky Time. I can't believe I'm saying this (as this is something we'd imagine Cayley say), but I actually quite like internet cafes! For not much money you can get internet, watch movies, read manga (for those who like manga...), free drinks, read magazines, sleep, shower, sometimes even karaoke and snooker.
The next morning we drove back to Osaka via the Naruto O-hashi and 明石海峡大橋 (the Akashi bridge), which has the world's longest span on a suspension bridge. The journey took less time than we expected, and we got back to campus at around 11. That day also happened to be 29C in Osaka, the hottest day we've had so far (even till now) - summer is just round the corner!
directly below the 鳴門大橋 (Naruto O-hashi), which links Shikoku with Awaji-jima. After the boat tour we took a stroll on the lower level of the bridge (the upper level being vehicle traffic), where there are glass panels on the floor allowing us to see the whirlpools.
After we left Naruto we drove to Tokushima city, stumbled across an izakaya near JR Tokushima station, which played the Glee soundtrack by the entrance, and assigned us to a private room with karaoke (for no extra charges!)... Quoting Seb: "I have died and gone to heaven". The drinks weren't that cheap (no izakaya beats the everything-at-300yen 鳥貴族 chain of izakaya) but still we had fun. We ended the night at another branch of Funky Time. I can't believe I'm saying this (as this is something we'd imagine Cayley say), but I actually quite like internet cafes! For not much money you can get internet, watch movies, read manga (for those who like manga...), free drinks, read magazines, sleep, shower, sometimes even karaoke and snooker.
The next morning we drove back to Osaka via the Naruto O-hashi and 明石海峡大橋 (the Akashi bridge), which has the world's longest span on a suspension bridge. The journey took less time than we expected, and we got back to campus at around 11. That day also happened to be 29C in Osaka, the hottest day we've had so far (even till now) - summer is just round the corner!
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