Business Hotel Okazawa

1-14-13 Kasumicho, Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture, Tohoku, 990-0039, Japan | Hotel

Travel Blogs from Yamagata

Die Bezwingung des Berges Katta

A travel blog entry by chiisairisu

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... wir uns auf diesen Parkplatz gestellt. Und das war auch eine gute Entscheidung, weil von dort kann man mit einem extrem witzigen Sessellift bis fast nach oben fahren. Der Lift - natürlich von Doppelmayer - transportiert einen in ca. 50 bis 150 cm Höhe in Sitzen, die aussehen wir Kinderschaukeln. Oben muss man dann noch ein paar Meter gehen. Teilweise ist das Gelände sehr unwegsam und ich hatte keinen allzu festen Schuhe an, ...

Let's take the scenic route

A travel blog entry by chiisairisu

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... in Japans alten Gebäuden lackiert wurde) getrunken hat. Seine Mumie sitzt jetzt im Tempel von Dainichibo eingehüllt in kostbare Kleidung. Die ist relativ neu, die alte wurde vor einigen Jahren zerschnitten und wird jetzt in o-mamori お守り (
Glücksbringer oder Schutzamulette) verkauft. Der Priester dort hat uns überredet auch eines zu kaufen. Er hat uns auch erzählt, wie vielen Leuten diese Glücksbringer schon geholfen haben. ...

Pictures don't tell everything

A travel blog entry by choy

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... of the path was lined with small shrines cut from the rock and reaching the top we arrived at some minor shrines. We found the headline shrine, which was a little surprising. Located on a ledge, with the valley spreading out below, it sounded and looked good on photo. Arriving there, we realised it was hardly larger than a shed. Still the views were great.
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Zao Soft Rime, Zao Onsen, Yamadera

A travel blog entry by misocutlet

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... rime observation. Zao is famous for especially its soft rime and that brought me to the resort area. As soon as I got off the bus, I headed for the ropeway station for the Mt. Jizo summit. The ropeway cost JPY 2,500 and it was barely acceptable to me. I got on a gondola with a lot of skiers and snowboarders to Juhyo-kogen Station. Its name was misleading, because "Juhyo" means soft rime, but you must go up to Jizo-sancho Station to see soft rime. On my way to Zao, ...

The Phone Call

A travel blog entry by sam.lee

... cold. Luckily, the train station was open and the waiting room was warm. Reality of my mum's death sank in as the train weaved around picturesque snow covered mountains and small villages of the Yonezawa region. I quickly wiped the tears off my face as the conductor came by. Few hours later, I was at Narita Airport with a six hour wait in the JAL lounge before I boarded my flight to ...

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