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Mt Asama and onioshidashi
... arrived at Karuizawa where we started to climb Mt Asama.
Karuizawa is famous for being the playground of the rich. It is where the current Emperor met his wife, and Yoko Ono and John Lennon used to holiday here. The most annoying thing about Japan is that the speed limit on A roads is 50kph, i.e. 30 mph. Kevin struggled to keep the speed down but others overtook us.
We wound up the mountain to Onioshidashi Park where you ...
Winter Granted
... than Tokyo had to offer.
We booked a room in a ryokan in the town of Shima. Small town. Village, really: a couple of main streets, mostly lined with ryokans, hotels, and shops, and that's about it. From Tokyo, it's north by northwest, but it's so small that the nearest train station is over a half-hour bus ride away. However, since it's a popular spot for overnight getaways, there is a direct highway bus from Tokyo Station. We decided to ...
The Belly Button Festival
Your Hezo and You
Japan has a festival for just about everything and I do mean everything from naked festivals, to carried shrines races to hezos! To be a successful matsuri or festival, you need a gimmick. You need something to set you apart and make you special, special enough people come to see you.
Shibukawa is a city about 35 minutes of combined trains from my home. It is the middle ...
Lavender Park
... home prefecture and the reverse. I say why can't I have both?
In effort to achieve my aim, I ventured off with friends to the famed lavender park in Tambara. Gunma is a place for cars and I have none. It is still possible to get around, but everything is more difficult. We took the train for an hour and then hopped a bus. We had missed the station by and one and had an epic taxis ride back, but ...
Volleyball Taikai! 大会
It is July in Japan and for high schools that means volleyball taikai! 大会 taikai means tournament in English; the kanji break down to 大 = big and 会 = meet. At this big meet, we had 3 grades with 8 classes per and 2 teams for each classes playing for a total of 48 volley ball teams. ...
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