Fujita Kanko Washington Hotel Asahikawa
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Day 3
... naked! It was reeeeeeally ******* cold. I felt
like I got frostbite on my toes, but after pouring some of the
complimentary tea on them (to the amusement of the staff), they
almost felt warm again.
We were not too far off from the Sounkyo Hostel, so we arrived a
little after nightfall due to our detour. It is a nice place that has
a cottage-like atmosphere, which seems to host only 60+ year-olds
with the exception of Bryan and ...
Biei and Furano: Japanese Farmer Chic
... draw when it first appeared in the area. In the late Meiji period, much like the Homestead Act in the US and the Manchuria settlement in China, the Japanese government began to offer parcels or land cheap to convince people to go up and settle in Hokkaido. These pioneers found a tough environment, with a short growing season and long winter. At the same time, they found a lot of land, a weather similar to Europe in summer and given the time period, it ...
Mountains and Waterfalls
After weeks of preparation (mainly by Obachan) we made it to the mountain set to climb. Asahidake is an active volcano and the biggest mountain in northern Japan. Emily was probably more excited about the excuse to eat Gumi than climbing to the summit. Bit of a cloudy day which cleared up every so often but unfortunately after 80% up we couldn’t ...