{"id":9844,"date":"2020-03-23T10:26:20","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T01:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/?p=9844"},"modified":"2020-03-23T10:26:20","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T01:26:20","slug":"%e3%81%b2%e3%82%8d%e3%81%97%e3%82%93%e3%83%93%e3%83%83%e3%82%af%e3%82%a6%e3%82%a7%e3%83%bc%e3%83%96%e3%81%a7%e6%bb%91%e3%82%8d%e3%81%86%ef%bc%81%e3%80%90%e5%ba%83%e5%b3%b6%e3%81%a7%e3%82%b9%e3%82%b1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/en\/2020\/03\/23\/%e3%81%b2%e3%82%8d%e3%81%97%e3%82%93%e3%83%93%e3%83%83%e3%82%af%e3%82%a6%e3%82%a7%e3%83%bc%e3%83%96%e3%81%a7%e6%bb%91%e3%82%8d%e3%81%86%ef%bc%81%e3%80%90%e5%ba%83%e5%b3%b6%e3%81%a7%e3%82%b9%e3%82%b1\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Glide Away at the Hiroshin Big Wave! \u3010Ice skating in Hiroshima\u3011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there. This is Hazuki, the owner of the hostel.<br \/>\nI went ice skating at the Hiroshin Big Wave! While it\u2019s a 50 m indoor swimming pool in summer, it transforms into an ice skating rink during wintertime.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d13165.521174551344!2d132.4667954!3d34.4170941!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x0%3A0x84b5a99afc5ca58b!2z44Gy44KN44GX44KT44OT44OD44Kw44Km44Kn44O844OW!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sjp!4v1580694059912!5m2!1sen!2sjp\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The building is located directly outside Astram Line Ushita Station. A nearby park and playground offer ample opportunities for enjoyment.<\/p>\n<h2>\u25cfHow do I get there from the hostel?<\/h2>\n<p>Walk up to the Kamiyacho crossing for about 10 minutes. At the crossing, take the Astram Line at Kencho-mae Station in front of the Prefectural Government Office. Stay onboard for four stops, get off at Ushita Station, and voil\u00e0: Hiroshin Big Wave is right in front of you! Easy-peasy. 30 minutes, and you\u2019re there.On foot, the distance is exactly 3 km.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>\u25cfSystem and pricing<\/h2>\n<p>Skate rink entry fee\u00a0 Adults \u00a51,580, children \u00a5940<br \/>\nSkate shoe rental fee \u00a5300 per shoe<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9440 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200202_141455-505x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20200202_141455\" width=\"347\" height=\"704\" srcset=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200202_141455-505x1024.jpg 505w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200202_141455-148x300.jpg 148w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200202_141455-768x1558.jpg 768w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200202_141455.jpg 1262w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 347px) 100vw, 347px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pre-schoolers and spectators can enter for free.<br \/>\nFor a while I was wondering whether this wasn\u2019t a little expensive, as I was still unaware of the go-to rates for ice skating. Let\u2019s take \u2018Wonder Rink The Outlets Hiroshima\u2019 for an example: adults pay \u00a51,200 to get in. You would be forgiven to think that\u2019s cheaper, until you find out that they impose a time limit. On weekdays, one entry is limited to a maximum of 120 minutes, and on weekends and holidays this is reduced to 60 minutes. Once you realise that this allotted time includes putting on your skates and getting used to the ice, that seems a little short in my opinion.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9443 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200202_141435-148x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20200202_141435\" width=\"365\" height=\"738\" \/>\u3000<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9442 \" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200202_141429-505x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20200202_141429\" width=\"364\" height=\"739\" srcset=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200202_141429-505x1024.jpg 505w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200202_141429-148x300.jpg 148w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200202_141429-768x1558.jpg 768w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200202_141429.jpg 1262w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Right: the rental shoe ticket machine. Left: a vending machine for people who forgot to bring gloves. No gliding without gloves!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9439 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200202_141438.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20200202_141438\" width=\"275\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200202_141438.jpg 1262w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200202_141438-148x300.jpg 148w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200202_141438-768x1558.jpg 768w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200202_141438-505x1024.jpg 505w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After having bought your ticket at the counter, you\u2019ll enter the shoe corner.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9441 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200202_141407.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20200202_141407\" width=\"576\" height=\"368\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In here, hand over your rental shoe ticket, declare your size and obtain your rental skates. Those who have their own obviously don\u2019t need to rent a pair (like us Hokkaido natives. We all skated on campus in our PE classes! Ah, the skating lessons on those cold grounds&#8230; there\u2019s nothing like it.)<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9447 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200202_154849_700.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20200202_154849_700\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200202_154849_700.jpg 1080w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200202_154849_700-815x458.jpg 815w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200202_154849_700-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200202_154849_700-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200202_154849_700-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ta-dah! I put these on in the changing room. They are of the figure skating type with short blades and toughened sides up to above the ankle, making them easy to glide. Perfect for beginners, too! Oh, how I\u2019ve missed this!<br \/>\n(This is another story from my youth at Hokkaido, but we often went ice skating on the rink, with passion, during classes. I remember that when I entered my sixth year (in Japan, that\u2019s the last year of primary school), I was surprised to find out that almost three quarters of the students wore speed skates. What\u2019s more, as speed skates offer no stability or protection for your ankles, meaning you can only stand perfectly straight on the blade, I remember how I kept failing to use them.)<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 720px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-9844-1\" width=\"720\" height=\"406\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/VID_46000815_062109_103.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/VID_46000815_062109_103.mp4\">http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/VID_46000815_062109_103.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>As it was a Sunday, there were lots of people. In such circumstances, it is strictly forbidden to pick up great speeds. It\u2019s a place where everyone from small children up to the elderly can skate as they please. Here and there, adults gracefully falling down, and there are many absolute beginners too. In other words, people who have never skated since they were born are just as welcome. And as you try to find your balance on the slippery ice, you won\u2019t even have the chance to worry about others watching you struggle. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9446\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9446\" style=\"width: 287px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9446\" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200202_140240_002-e1580693759638.jpg\" alt=\"burst\" width=\"287\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200202_140240_002-e1580693759638.jpg 1262w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200202_140240_002-e1580693759638-148x300.jpg 148w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200202_140240_002-e1580693759638-768x1558.jpg 768w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200202_140240_002-e1580693759638-505x1024.jpg 505w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is fun!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Interestingly, all of the \u2018pros\u2019 seem to be experienced elderly people. My attention was taken completely by watching a scene of granddads dressed like in a Western movie, spinning around with utter confidence, and I began to wonder how on earth these old men wearing cowboy hats could be so sure of themselves? At one point, I saw a young man swooshing by swiftly on his stern-looking skate shoes. His shoes seemed to be of the ice hockey type. I used to watch ice hockey matches often during my college years. They\u2019re cold but fun! Ice hockey matches are full of rapid action, so they\u2019re never boring.<\/p>\n<p>When some time had passed after getting on the ice, I started to get all hot and sweaty! Trying not to think about the muscle pain that will come tomorrow, I continue adding up the laps. I love this speed!!!<\/p>\n<p>My husband is not used to skating, and yet after one hour on the rink, he seemed to have found a way to keep on gliding. Allegedly, he fell about three times in two hours. \u201cIt\u2019s actually much less painful to fall down with your whole body without holding back,\u201d he said. At first I was like \u201cHuh?\u201d but then again, it does seem logical that falling on a larger surface like your buttocks or your whole body is less painful than trying to capture the fall with just one small body part. People were falling down all over the rink, so one might as well fall down with a bang without giving it any second thought. Helmets and knee pads and the like can be borrowed for free \u2014 there\u2019s a whole mountain of protective gear available. So don\u2019t worry!<\/p>\n<p>This has been a very enjoyable winter day.<span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><strong> Let\u2019s skate!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there. This is Hazuki, the owner of the hostel. I went ice skating at the Hiroshin Big Wave! While it\u2019s a 50 m indoor swimming pool in summer, it transforms into an ice skating rink during wintertime. The building is located directly outside Astram Line Ushita Station. A nearby park and playground offer ample [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9447,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"9437","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[7,10,36],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9844"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9844"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9845,"href":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9844\/revisions\/9845"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}