Comments on: On the Beach at the Bashayama-mura Resort, Amami Ooshima http://regex.info/blog/2008-04-05/782 Not a photo blog. A personal blog with photos. Wed, 23 May 2012 04:11:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: antonio screwbello http://regex.info/blog/2008-04-05/782#comment-46181 antonio screwbello Tue, 08 May 2012 03:27:09 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-04-05/782#comment-46181 I have enjoyed imensely your story. please if could tell me how much they charge at bashayama hotel i like to stay 2-3 weeks. and also i see you do not mention of seafood for the locals diet. i love seafood. my best wishes to you. antonio <span class='jfriedl'>I don't recall how much it was then, and it may well be different, so you should just check with them directly, or via travel sites. The food there and all around is great... of course, it's heavy on seafood, being an island. —Jeffrey</span> I have enjoyed imensely your story. please if could tell me how much they charge at bashayama hotel i like to stay 2-3 weeks. and also i see you do not mention of seafood for the locals diet. i love seafood. my best wishes to you. antonio

I don’t recall how much it was then, and it may well be different, so you should just check with them directly, or via travel sites. The food there and all around is great… of course, it’s heavy on seafood, being an island. —Jeffrey

]]> By: Earnest Barr http://regex.info/blog/2008-04-05/782#comment-34821 Earnest Barr Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:44:15 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-04-05/782#comment-34821 I'm from Seattle, Washington but I live here in Amami Oshima. I just wanted to mention that I enjoy reading you blog posts. My wife and I were married in 1997 and had our wedding reception here at Bashayama. There is a story behind Bashayama's name. The name Bashayama originates from an old Amami dialect which translates to "Ugly Girl". I heard this story from my mother-in-law and I'm not exactly sure how accurate it is. There are 2 types of banana trees here on the island. One is used for producing deliciously sweet bananas and the other is used for it's leaves for making fabric. A long time ago, the Bashayama area was filled with the type of banana trees used for making fabric. It's my understanding that the people who made fabric from these banana trees were poor. The story goes, there was a girl who was very ugly and her parents found it impossible to find her a husband. As a last resort, they brought her to the mountains just above Bashayama and left her there hoping someone from that area would "receive" her. I'm not sure about the rest of the story. As I said, I don't know how accurate this story is, but the name Bashayama means "Ugly Girl". I've heard this from many of the locals here. I’m from Seattle, Washington but I live here in Amami Oshima. I just wanted to mention that I enjoy reading you blog posts. My wife and I were married in 1997 and had our wedding reception here at Bashayama.

There is a story behind Bashayama’s name. The name Bashayama originates from an old Amami dialect which translates to “Ugly Girl”. I heard this story from my mother-in-law and I’m not exactly sure how accurate it is.

There are 2 types of banana trees here on the island. One is used for producing deliciously sweet bananas and the other is used for it’s leaves for making fabric. A long time ago, the Bashayama area was filled with the type of banana trees used for making fabric. It’s my understanding that the people who made fabric from these banana trees were poor. The story goes, there was a girl who was very ugly and her parents found it impossible to find her a husband. As a last resort, they brought her to the mountains just above Bashayama and left her there hoping someone from that area would “receive” her. I’m not sure about the rest of the story.

As I said, I don’t know how accurate this story is, but the name Bashayama means “Ugly Girl”. I’ve heard this from many of the locals here.

]]> By: Jon http://regex.info/blog/2008-04-05/782#comment-15969 Jon Sun, 06 Apr 2008 04:43:21 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-04-05/782#comment-15969 I've noticed a style you have been using where you use a wide angle setting like 17mm and Anthony appears in the middle of the wide setting. It's working! Love those shots. I’ve noticed a style you have been using where you use a wide angle setting like 17mm and Anthony appears in the middle of the wide setting. It’s working! Love those shots.

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