Osaka to Kawana Resort

Today is a rest day from golf. We spent the morning visiting Osaka Castle (above) which was originally built at the end of the 16^th century. 

Very impressive engineering built the outer walls, all of which were made without concrete. Huge stones that were quarried many miles from Osaka show up in many places.

Some huge stones, like the one below, are actually only 3-4 inches thick although they look tremendous!

After a tour of the Dojo,

where we ran into a couple of fierce, ageing Samuri

we had a quick (and bad) lunch and headed to the train station to catch the Bullet Train to Kawana. 

The Kawana resort is quite famous, and while that little area of Japan has seen better days, the resort is still quite beautiful sitting right on the Pacific Ocean. We were glad to pull into the driveway after the almost four hour trip from Osaka. This trip is starting to feel like the movie, “Trains, planes and automobiles.”  All we’re missing is John Candy!

Tomorrow it's back on the golf course. So far the weather has been fantastic but there is a chance of rain in the forecast for tomorrow.