Let’s face it: even in the most beautiful and dramatic locations, bus tours can sometimes be a mixed bag. Everyone loads into a big, lumbering, wheezing vehicle and rolls past attractions, looking at them out the window while a guide drones on, feeding you facts through a microphone.
But that wasn’t the case on this day in the southern reaches of Japan. The content of the tour itself was rather interesting. During a half-day, a big bus would shuttle us around a shochu distillery, scenic overlook, and sacred shrine. And in this case, the guide made everything so much better.
