Metropolitan Nagano Hotel

... nuestro caso la soledad, que contrasta enormemente con la visión de los gigantescos edificios que lo rodean. <br><br>Podríamos destacar el estanque de "Shioiri-no-ike" cuya agua es salada y se extrae de la bahía mediante un sistema de exclusas. En el estanque y conectado con un bello puente de madera (118 metros) está la isla de "Nakajima-no-ochaya" donde el que lo desee puede acercarse a la casa ...

... 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.<br><br>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.

... also nicht so breit... Wir trafen keine Menschenseele... die Riesenspinnen hi** (gold mit schwarz) v**anlassten mich sogar dazu gleich direkt neben den Weg Mutt**s Natur Ruf nachzugehen... - DA GEH ICH NICHT REIN; SCHAU DIR DIE SPINNENNETZE AN!!! - Wobei direkt vor mir die Hülle ein** Semi (riesenzirkade) lag ...iiiiigitt!! Von den Gelsen red ich **st gar nicht... ich glaub ja auch das die Gelsenlotion diejenigen eh** anzieht als abwehrt...<br>Oben ...

... the citys 1500 dollar a month is a average income by now...<br>and a lot of people do stupid jobs...in a fuelstation you have a lot of people for giving you the bills, filling your tank, wiping your windscreen...same same for building sites on the road ..always people with flags who say you what you can see yourself...even in supermarketparkingspaces you have guys stopping the pedestrians like we have it for small school children...<br>ah, and the screming guys outside the ...

... in the onsen and up the verges in their group, and there were lots of cute little babies. We stayed for a while taking photos, but soon got drenched by the rain so took shelter in an onsen lodge just across a bridge on the other side of the valley. There we had lunch- by then we hadnt eaten all day as we had the money fiasco to deal with in the morning, and had rushed to get our train and bus- so we ...

For our third day of the rail pass, we zoomed off to Obuse, near the Japanese alps, north west of Tokyo. This involved first getting the bullet train to Nagano, then getting a local train to Obuse, the smallest town in that area. It was a very attractive little place, with pretty houses and well kept flowerbeds. So, you might be wondering why we came here, well, this is where the artist Hokosai painted in his final years, and there is a museum here showcasing some of his work ...

... 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.

... Cependant une copie peut etre admiree en avril-mai tous les 7 ans. Bingo pour nous, c'est en 2009 que ca se passe. Le site est bien sur tres visite, meme en dehors de cette periode. Il est possible de descendre sous l'autel et suivre un couloir dans le noir complet pour pouvoir toucher la poignee de la porte derriere laquelle est censee se trouver la ...

... you can get really close to the monkeys and watching the mums with the baby monkeys is lovely. Unfortunately the monkeys only come down when they are fed so luckily we timed it perfectly and managed to get some brilliant shots. But wait around if there aren't any there once you get there they will soon turn up when the keeps start throwing the pellets on the ground.<br><br>We also met an Australian family with a 8 month old baby on a similar trip ...

We took the Shinkansen to Nagano using our rail pass and after arriving found out which bus to catch out to M-Wave, the ice skating rink used in the winter Olympics. We had never been ice skating so were willing to give it a try.<br><br>Took an old wooden floored bus out to M-Wave and walked past a sign in Japanese then paid for our ticket to the ...