Kokusai 21 Nagano

576 Agata-machi Nagano, Nagano, Chubu, 380-0838, Japan

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A travel blog entry by britadam

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Not much new to report today. Our work today consisted of cleaning Joe's shed up. It is tougher than I thought, cleaning someone else's space. It snowed a lot last night, so I kept busy with shoveling.
Just finished baking a batch of carrot, apple, ginger muffins. The oven seemed to play nice ...

Piece of Cake

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... before the middle was cooked. We figured we could salvage the cake by cutting off the burnt top, but the bottom turned out to be burnt as well. Then we decided to make the same batter over again, but as cupcakes. The cupcakes rose, and again the tops burnt.

We ended up saving the edible pieces and Adam turned out a delicious layered cake with whipping cream and strawberries. Sorry we didn't get a picture of the cake.

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Zenko-ji and Snow Monkies

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On our day off today, we took a trip into Nagano city. It was about 35 minutes by train. We visited the Zenkoji temple which is 1400 years old. It holds the first Buddhist statue ever brought to Japan. It is wrapped in cloth and is believed not to been seen by human eyes since the 1700's. A replica is shown to the public every 7 years.
Next we travelled to Yukanada, where we hung out with the snow monkeys for the afternoon. Our ...

Mochi Making

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... host, Sarahs', company, Obusedo. They were also serving sweet sake and roasted chestnuts. Sweet sake is a non-alcoholic, warm rice drink. It is made with the left over liquid from the sake brewing process. All were very delicious!

Sarah taught us how to say Happy New Year in Japanese- Akemashita omedeto goziamasu!

The mochi making continues tommorrow. Bye for now!

Brit & Adam
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Japanese New Year celebration

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... shrine. I have not read about the significance of each shrine yet, but I am sure we will find out tomorrow.

There was very nice Japanese "shrine" music, bonfires, and lots of mika's (they get them when they pay tribute with coins). We are back at our house and we can still hear the gongs being rung. There were a few fireworks far off in the distance as well, but nothing like at home.

We have a busy day tomorrow, so bedtime here. Happy 2012!
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