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National Day 2008

This year's National Day Parade was a little different, probably because of the very impressive (or so I've heard) Opening Ceremony of Beijing's Olympics being held one day before that.

For those who had watched (and were impressed) by the grandeur of the Opening Ceremony, I bet they were yawning when it came to the Show segment of Singapore's National Day Parade. Even I was guilty of changing the channel when it reached the show segment, partly also because my favourite show "Japan Hour" was showing on Channelnewsasia.

This week's episode was "Trip In Autumn Leaves By Train (Pt2)" . There were some breathtaking views of Japan's Autumn greenery (or "orange-ry") along the JR Tadami Line. They even showed one place called Panorama-no-Yu, which stands for Panoramic Hot Spring, which, as its name suggests, offers a panoramic view of the beautiful surroundings while you enjoy your hot spring bath. They also featured the Ikaho Onsen in the Gunma Prefecture. The spring water here is pretty special: it is reddish-yellow because of the high iron content in the natural spring water, which is supposedly good for the human body.

All the more strengthens my resolve to save up more money to go on my backpacking trip to Japan, hopefully next year.

posted by Jeremy @ 10:26 PM