Jal City Aomori

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... Beach which is right outside of our resort and also daily visits to the Chula-U hotsprings spa. It is ajacent to our resort so we can go there daily for free. I'll post pics as soon as I can find my camera usb cord! I hope I didn't forget it cause I can't find it!! LOL!

... in the south of Japan, but they're positively gigantic compared to these little northern munchkins. Why? Well, we reckon it's got to do with their lifestyle. They ride their little bikes and walk everywhere, eat little bowls of sea creatures and sea vegetables and rarely breed with the outside world. AND, they seem excruciatingly happy. They certainly put a lot of effort into promoting happiness. There are 'happy buns', 'happy stores' and smiley faces on each ...

... and let me know that would be really cool    After the blossoms we walked around the city and visited a old fashioned dye shop and bought some souvenirs.  Aomeri is known for it's apples (fuji mostly) and they make all sorts of apple treats, wines and juices.  We got lots of free samples and I bought a bottle of Sakura Liqueur (made from the cherry blossoms in the park) and Apple wine.  I'm going ...

*just in case you missed it, I completed the 4-26 adventure... read that first! After taking one last bath, we grabbed a quick Viking breakfast, then headed back on to the bus. We hit Towada City, which had beautiful sculptures on a cherry tree lined street. It was cold, but not actively snowing, so we did a quick run down the street and back on the bus. The bronze horse sculptures are really delicately ...

... if this is a Japanese translation issue, but wet, cold and miserable as we were, this sent Chuck and I into peals of laughter. This made it very difficult to remain some level of composure as we toured his house, with reverent Japanese looking at their beloved writer, and all we could think about was "well, these stairs are steep enough, he could have tried pusing himself down these, that would have done the trick..." We are sick minded people, and need ...

... there we reached a small town where it is possible to visit Samurai houses (very touristic...). We stopped few days around Tazawa lake, the deapest in Japan (428m). We enjoyed the Onsen (hot springs) of the area and some hiking. After a nice rest around the lake we headed to Aomori to make our last stop in Tohoku. This town is not really nice as it was ...

Aomori est une ville neuve (car entierement detruite pendant la seconde guerre mondiale), logee dans dans une baie au nord de Honshu, avec un enorme pont suspendu et un immeuble ultra-moderne en forme de triangle equilateral, mouais... moderne quoi ! A quelques km au sud, un imposant massif (le Hakkoda-San) est repute pour la marche, le ski et ...

... him up on his offer of some fried bacon and eggs if it had been open. It was a quiet day that we spent here, from our early start in the morning, we both tired so after a light dinner we headed to bed where we staying at the Tokoyo Inn, which is a chain business hotel (there are no hostels in the town of Aomori) it had free internet and free Japanese breakfast (pickles, rice and miso soup) which we dont really like, so we had some yoghurt and muesli of our own.

... Tokyo, but only Daiei had a driver's license and drove all the way. It is one of the biggest festivals of Japan. The floats and rhythmic dancers called "haneto" were impressive. However, we were so stupid that we had not reserved a hotel. As a result, we slept outside without a tent and blankets, although it was still cold in the summer of Aomori.

On the next morning, we visited Mt. Osore ...