Choosing the Venue Part 2
The second venue we needed to visit is nestled in the town of Shuzenji. After a few days in Tokyo visiting friends, shopping and dinners we hopped on the bullet train to the city of Mishima. We took one stop on the local train to see the city a little bit but mostly to see Mishima chruch, the closest catholic church to Shuzenji.
Train stop in MIshima
Greg at the entrance to Mishima Catholic Church
We wandered around the church to make sure we in fact at the right place and eventual wandered in. The church was a very nice white, bright, high ceiling church with enough room to house our 30 odd expected guests. Unfortunately there was no one there and the mass we thought was scheduled was only once a month. We headed back to the train station to make the final leg of the trip to Asaba Ryokan!
We arrived at our home for a night to a spectacularly beautiful entrance, greeted by several of our hosts. Our hosts English was not as good as the staff at Beniya however Greg’s language prowess allowed is to get checked-in and asked for a tour of the place. We settled in our rooms and were then taken for a look around the Ryokan. We had booked the smallest rooms in the place and it was very welcome to be able to see many of the rooms before making a decision on a wedding venue. Our evening was then filled with a walk around town, bathing, eating, relaxing and sleeping; a perfect last night of the trip. The next morning we awoke to breakfast in our rooms and packing up to head home.
The entrance of Asaba
Looking cool in front in the temple