My vacation is starting from Aug. 25th and the destination is Shizuoka Prefecture. I'm writing about my trip from now on for some time. Tracking my position on the map, several non-Japanese friends enjoy my trip memos, who know big cities like Tokyo, Osaka, etc. but don't know small cities and villages in Japan.
As soon as I got back home on 24th, I loaded my car with luggage and set out for Toyo Port. Then I moved to Osaka by night ferry. It took only 4 hours from Osaka to Gotenba City located at the southeastern foot of Mt. Fuji. The highway which I drove on was the newly-built "New Tomei Express Highway" and my car was partially automatic. The driving was really comfortable and labor-saving.
I dropped in at the Surugawan-Numazu Service Station, which was on the highway offering space for a rest, restrooms, restaurants and a food court, shops and so on. I found a motorcycle with three wheels there. It was rare and I took a snap for later examination. It was made in Italy and its price was fairly high, but It seemed that it was more stable than an ordinary two-wheel motorcycle. I uttered unconsciously "It's great", and promptly my wife replied, "No!" I didn't say "I will buy one", but my wife presumably guessed that I was interested in it. Anyway, we were to arrive at the destination three hours earlier than we had scheduled and had to decide what to do for those three hours.
２５日から夏休み。今年は静岡県！またしばらく旅行について書いていきます。地図を見ながらこの旅行記を読むのを楽しみにしている外国人が何人もいるので書かずにはおれないのです。２４日、帰宅するやいなや、用意していた荷物を積み込み東予港へ。オレンジフェリーで大阪南港へ早朝到着。南港から御殿場市まで４時間足らず。便利になったものです。道路は走りやすくなり、車は半自動運転。これは楽です。
駿河湾沼津SAで前輪が２輪のスクーターを発見、後で調べるために撮影。イタリア製で高価なバイクだが、老いていく自分には次はこんなのが良いなあと眺めていると、カミさんのチェックが入った。バイクは危険だという認識しかないので困るなあ。このサービスエリアで御殿場の情報収集。なにせ予定よりも３時間以上早く着くのでどこか観光しようというわけです。で、まず立ち寄った先は、、、次の記事で。
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