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Photopost: Hiroshima-Matsuyama Ferry
This was the boat I took on Saturday morning, that I was struck by how nice it was all things considered, especially that this was the "cheap slow option", 3 hours at 3200 yen rather than the "fast classy option", 1 hour at 7000 yen.
At Hiroshima port.
In front of the ferry ship Ishitegawa.
The ship lounge, where I spent about half my time. You just picked a seat, threw your stuff down, made yourself comfortable, and there it went.
The room with the massage chairs. I spent 20 minutes in the foot one.
A small "amusement" room; it also had slot machines.
I'm not making it up, I really was watching the Mariners-Twins game. In the top picture you can see the TV is basically poised at the front of the boat, so if the game gets boring you can look out at the water instead.
The ship's little food-and-stuff store area, where you could buy hot food like ramen or udon, as well as snacks, and there was also ice cream and whatnot, AND they sold Hiroshima and ferry souvenirs and travel games and all this other stuff there.
Cars entering the ferry at Kure port (about 40 minutes in we stopped there)
A big bridge we went under; notice the spiral on the right that the cars have to drive to get to the bridge.
Another ferry boat that passed us.
Looking backwards at the trail of water the boat makes.
And from the side.
The outside seats on the deck -- a fine place to sit for a bit but since it was so hot out, most people were inside. I'm betting the opposite happens in winter.
I haven't even taken the Tokushima ferry pictures off my camera yet, so I'll try to post them soon if people want to see the total difference in quality of the two.
At Hiroshima port.
In front of the ferry ship Ishitegawa.
The ship lounge, where I spent about half my time. You just picked a seat, threw your stuff down, made yourself comfortable, and there it went.
The room with the massage chairs. I spent 20 minutes in the foot one.
A small "amusement" room; it also had slot machines.
I'm not making it up, I really was watching the Mariners-Twins game. In the top picture you can see the TV is basically poised at the front of the boat, so if the game gets boring you can look out at the water instead.
The ship's little food-and-stuff store area, where you could buy hot food like ramen or udon, as well as snacks, and there was also ice cream and whatnot, AND they sold Hiroshima and ferry souvenirs and travel games and all this other stuff there.
Cars entering the ferry at Kure port (about 40 minutes in we stopped there)
A big bridge we went under; notice the spiral on the right that the cars have to drive to get to the bridge.
Another ferry boat that passed us.
Looking backwards at the trail of water the boat makes.
And from the side.
The outside seats on the deck -- a fine place to sit for a bit but since it was so hot out, most people were inside. I'm betting the opposite happens in winter.
I haven't even taken the Tokushima ferry pictures off my camera yet, so I'll try to post them soon if people want to see the total difference in quality of the two.
Just because I know this stuff...
Oh, and this confused me as well, "The outside seats on the deck -- a fine place to sit for a bit but since it was so hot out, most people were inside. I'm betting the opposite happens in winter."
I suspect that in the winter the wind is so cold that most people would be inside as well.
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I guess you're right about that other boat. I don't know much about boats, but this was a lot of fun anyway.
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