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De natuur in
... en shoppen na het skieën. Helaas viel de berglucht rauw op Roos' gestel, zij werd op 2 dagen tijdelijk geveld door migraine. Ons eerste dagtripje was naar het 'snow monkey park'. Onvergetelijk. Het is een natuurlijk heetwaterbassin (Japan is grotendeels vulkaan dus heet water komt op veel plaatsen uit de grond), gevuld met apen! Een groep van zo'n 150 makaken heeft in de jaren 60 ontdekt dat het in een heetwaterbad aangenaam toeven ...
Real Japanese experiences
Our time in Suzaka and at the zen temple has come to an end. We've spent such beautiful days here, helping out on a meaningful project, and, in return, having the opportunity to live in a stunning natural area and experiencing many traditional Japanese activities and rituals: the tea ceremony with all its details and formality; zazen meditation, with ...
Japanese country life
... just like humans! It was amazing to be surrounded by so many of them, so close to us! They are so entertaining to watch! They are really used to humans and they act like they don't even notice us. Only the boss sometimes would scare people (and other monkeys) off.
Then we stopped at Obuse, a small town where the famous painter Hokusai spent the last years of his life. It's a ...
Live from the Japanese Alps!
... host, who took us to a wonderful and peaceful place 700 meters high in the mountains: what a view!!
After a nice breakfast with homemade orange marmalade, we got to work: we started to paint the yellow building you can see in the pictures. It was so nice to be out and active on such a beautiful day within such a beautiful environment!
Then we had ...
Snow monkeys, rotemburo and a rather pleasant meal
... company. Occasionally one would brush past you, oblivious or indifferent.
The keepers put wheat out to entice the monkeys to come down off the rocks. Some of the wheat went in the pond and the monkeys patiently fished it out.
On the way down we looked for the geyser that is meant to be on site, but they are doing construction work near it and appear to have switched it off.
We headed ...
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