Kisho An Matsumoto

... el estruendo... Volví a intentarlo con precaución pensando que había podido ser una alucinación por el picante que todavía corría por mis venas... pero esta vez até cabos y entendí que al acercarte, automáticamente se ponen en marcha melodías como sonidos ambientales (en este caso una cascada) para enmascarar el posible concierto que se iba a orquestar en tu patio trasero...

... some money on cab fare. Hopefully I can remember to ride on the left side of the street and the other vehicles remember to do the same. I'm also hoping that the rumors of English-speaking guides are true.

Adjusting my expectations... I had thought I'd zip through the castle and get to Kyoto early. Probably not. Everything takes longer than you think.

... meinen Handy genau da ausgegangen... - naja wir hatten ja noch die Gute Nikon ^_^
Runt** sind wir dann den and**en Weg gegangen, und haben h**ausgefunden das d** um einiges einfach** gewesen wäre (m**ke das nächste mal den läng**en Weg nehmen!!) - in d** Mitte des Weges nach unten, haben wir einen man getroffen...
ER: Hey you, have you seen bears??
WIR: No, havent seen any.
ER: You lucky ones you...They attack people, eh...humans....
佐久平, Japan linara

... face, give face, dont loose face... says nowhere dont break promises or dont lie...
Anyway, after she repeated her invitation 3 times i said ok, they paid my beer, i paid my food.
NIce...what annoyed me was that she was inching closer and closer to me sexual harassment from a over 50 years old japanese lady?
whowww....
She then wanted to sing karaoke, so up we went, after some time i got a bill over 1700 yen, 17 dollar, went down and off she went without even saiing ...

From Obuse, we travelled further along the train line, into the mountains and to a place called Yudanaka. In the winter you can go skiing around here but obviously there was no snow whilst we were here, just a bit of rain. The reason we came here was to visit the snow monkeys. These monkeys are macaques which come down the valley and are partial to bathing in the natural onsen (hot springs). We got a bus ...

Alright, so I ended up getting roughly an hour of sleep, but I think it was less since I kept waking up. I let one of the Japanese kids sleep in my room since he was locked out and ended up on the couch and then trying to sleep in one of the classrooms. After Nanami and I stayed up talking all night, I really didn't want to sleep that much. It was a lot to digest, but it was a lot of fun. Breakfast came and went and then we had a final Q&A ...

... a day of asking about Japanese culture, we decided to teach them some American drinking games. Beer Pong became an instant hit, with three tables going at once. My parter, Nanami and I ended up winning every game we played. While playing, we were able to find out a lot about each other. We ended up talking until almost 5 in the morning, learning a ...

... icone (symbolisant la mort et la renaissance tout en s'etant connecte avec Bouddha...). Bref, tres interessant ! On a aussi assiste a la priere de fermeture du temple pour la nuit : chants, percussions et cymbales creant une atmosphere spirituelle tres particuliere. Mais voila, ca sera tout pour Nagano, il n'existe meme pas de cartes postables de la ville !

... and snow, but you have ropes either side to help you up onto the trail and also along the path. There is a sudden drop to one side which is covered in trees with lots of things to spot along the way. Naturally I didn't spot anything but i'm sure they're there!!

The monkeys come down into the pool every 2 hours or so when fed and are absolutely hilarious to watch. The actual area stinks of ammonia and you have to be careful not to tred in poo ...

... to come by to take us back into town. Eventually one arrived and we walked up to the Zenkoji Temple past a street full of temple residences.

We wandered around the temple complex and gardens and even saw someone ringling the large bell using a wooden log before walking back down to the train station and catching the train back to Tokyo.