Super Hotel Arai Nigata
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De natuur in
... en shoppen na het skieën. Helaas viel de berglucht rauw op Roos' gestel, zij werd op 2 dagen tijdelijk geveld door migraine. Ons eerste dagtripje was naar het 'snow monkey park'. Onvergetelijk. Het is een natuurlijk heetwaterbassin (Japan is grotendeels vulkaan dus heet water komt op veel plaatsen uit de grond), gevuld met apen! Een groep van zo'n 150 makaken heeft in de jaren 60 ontdekt dat het in een heetwaterbad aangenaam toeven ...
Real Japanese experiences
... it wasn't bad!); and people's hospitality and availability, even when they are not able to say a single word in English. And last but not least, we are immensely grateful to our hosts for taking such good care of us!
If you're interested in what we have been doing, you can find the webpage we have been contributing to here, including our review.
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Japanese country life
We are fully immersed in the life of this small Japanese town. Our hosts are great! We do some work in the mornings, either painting, weeding, or building a website, then in the afternoons we get to do some sightseeing, or witness traditional ceremonies such as the tea ceremony!
Yesterday it was our day off and we went to visit a famous snow monkey park, where monkeys enjoy bathing at an ...
Live from the Japanese Alps!
Once reached Nagano by highway bus, we took the local train to Suzaka, 30 minutes away. It was peak time for kids going to school, and it was so interesting to notice that they all have to wear the same bag, a black (for the boys) or red (for the girls) leather backpack that looks very old-fashionable, not so comfortable, but very cute!
We were picked up ...
Snow monkeys, rotemburo and a rather pleasant meal
... Ryokan, Shimaya, and the owners were very helpful. They seemed bothered that we might be bored as we had already seen the monkeys, so recommended a walking trip around the old town. We headed off and found a tall statue, Heiwakannon-dori, the Goddess of Mercy and World Peace. A board explained that this impressive statue had been melted down during WW2 as the Japanese military were running out of metal.
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