Hotel Shoho Matsumoto

... Té. Merece la pena también la visión de los cerezos en flor, así como tomarse un momento de relax en una especie de merendero techado donde probamos una deliciosa bollería adquirida junto a la estación en la Boulangerie francesa "Donq", regada con curiosas y exquisitas bebidas (café espresso y lácteo con melocotón y mango). <br><br>El nublado día, lejos de incomodarnos, envolvía de una atm ...

Settling in in Matsumoto. Spent about 4 1/2 hours on trains today, slow one from Nikko to Utsunomiya, a shinkansen to Omiya, another shinkansen to Nagano, then another slow train to Matsumoto. Signs of civilization at the Matsumoto station - a Starbucks!<br><br>Hoping that I can find the castle tomorrow. The ryokan has bicycles to lend, so I'm going to try and ...

... das ganze. <br>Die Maki v**kaufen sie hi** im Sup**markt in ganzen Rollen.. .sozusagen zum selbstzuschneiden. <br><br>Heute haben wir uns** Bento gepackt und sind auf den **stbesten B**g (es ist d** Omine-yama gewesen) in Nagano gestiegen. So welchen Weg nehmen wir, als sich d** Weg teilte - die 1.3km od** die 1.8km ?? Andi entschied die 1.3 km - nicht ganz so hoch, weil mir ja sonst die puste ausgeht... jaja. D** Weg war sup**steil und eh** v ...

so i am in matsumoto, out of the last 7 nights i spend 6 on parkbenches, the last time i took public transport was 8 days ago and suddenly i have a lot to write about...<br>First, a night in a youthhostel in JP sets you back around 35 to 40 dollar per night...nothing included, except the privilege to check in after 4 pm and leave before nine...ah...and at 9 pm they lock you in...thanks, then i prefer to sleep in my sleepingbag in a park,more fun, mmore adventure, more cheap....<br><br ...

... There we spent the night in a ryoken- a traditional guest house with tatimi mats that you sleep on. The place was very old and our room was enveloped by cool paper sliding doors. The hostess poured us some green tea before she left and gave us kimonos to wear around the place. For dinner we went out and found ourselves in a Hawaiian restaurant- bit odd I know! Then we went back and slept on the floor.

... they are willing to share information, it just takes time. The ride back was filled with American and Japanese chatter, as we had all become good friends at this point. Bonding over questions and beer is never a bad thing :) We will be meeting up with a bunch of the students this thursday and most of them are coming to Boston this summer, which is really nice. We will be able to show them our home, as they have graciously shown us theirs.

Day two of the seminar included presentations by all the American students on a policy book and another book called Japan: Unbound by John Nathan. My presentations focused on Fiscal Policy comparing Japan and America and Breakdown in the Classroom, a focus on Education. After the presentations, we broke into smaller groups with some of the Japanese ...

... the storm would lighten up, if only for a moment so I could see some of the mountains I knew were around us. But it was not to be. This cannot be sugarcoated--it was completely miserable, probably the worst hike I have ever done. No good sights, huge gusts of wind roaring down the river valley, ice on you eyeballs and despite my best efforts of avoiding the slush puddles and pond-like potholes, walking in ice cold socks was not pleasant in the least. Plus when I ...

More gorgeous train rides through the Japanese Alps got us to the city of Matsumoto. We lucked out with the weather, as it was perfect all day. It was a long train ride so we arrived in the late afternoon. We tried to have lunch at a restaurant where a retired 5 star chef makes only one dish, a soba noodle bowl. Sadly we got there too late and the place was closed. Too bad as B2 was very excited at the idea of eating in a place where ...

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