Urban Hotel Shinjo
1-1 Odashima-machi Shinjo, Yamagata Prefecture, Tohoku, 996-0025, Japan
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Dewa Sanzen / Haguro-san
Dewa Sanzen, die heiligen drei Berge bestehen aus Haguro-San, Gas-San und Yudono-san. Da die letzten beiden erst ab Juni besteigbar waren und ich ohnehin nicht fit genug wäre, nahm ich mir nur Haguro-san, den kleinsten der drei, vor. Er ist so klein, dass sogar Busse bis zur Spitze fahren. Aber da heute sogar die Sonne schien (nach all den Tagen mit Regen und Schnee eine echte Wohltat!) wollte ich natürlich ...
Shirataka means white hawk.
... to every one. I could not even say “I don’t understand”. I needed to learn fast if I wanted to do anything. The local supermarket was as big as a supermarket in Europe, but inside is another world. I was very hungry, and could not recognize any of the brands or anything that was written on the packaging. The fresh produce was extensive but all looked exotic to me. How to buy something if I don’t even know if it is ...
Ginzan
It's about a 5 minutes walk from the carpark to the hotels. The foot bath is on the left as you arrive. The silver mine is also on the left at the end of the row of hotels and the waterfall is just a little farther. There isn't really much to do here, allow 30min to take some photos and use the foot bath, one hour if visiting an ...
Killin' time
... swingset, one junglegym, one slide, and a water fountain. We killed some time for a little while playing on the swings and crawling around on the Jungle gym, until someone rembered they baseball set we still had.
We quickly devised a game of 3 on 3. Rob, Tyler, and Lucas challenged Satoshi, Yusuke, and Garrett, while Aaron played all-time pitcher and I filled the role ...
Haguro-san and Naruko Onsen: climbing and bathing
... and subsequent descent where I slipped on a step and fell on my ass down a couple of stairs, I caught a series of trains to Naruko Onsen, a small spa town in Miyagi prefecture in dead center of northern Japan. I actually ended up on an express train that stopped only at onsen towns in Miyagi, which tells you how fond the Japanese are of their bathing.
You can tell Naruko is an onsen town the second you step off the ...


