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Snow monkeys, rotemburo and a rather pleasant meal
Today we drove from Nagoya to Yudanaka to see the famous snow monkeys. It wasn't too difficult but there were not many signs to the monkey park. Luckily we had a map.
Access was via a windy road with passing points. Having paid for parking and parked, there is a short climb through woods to the entrance. (It isn't suitable for the disabled.) On the way up we occasionally saw the odd monkey nonchalanatly ...
Yudanaka day 18-19; Hot onsen and wild monkeys
... je de kans hebt gekregen om in een apenkooi in de zoo binnen te lopen, maar het went verrassend snel dat je plaats moet maken voor een moeder die met haar jong langs wil of even opzij moet springen omdat 2 apen ruzie aan het maken zijn en daarbij geen zin hebben om rekening te houden met de bezoekers rondom hen.
Een paar uur en een goede 300 foto’s later keer ik terug richting mijn hotel. Onderweg doorheen het bos passeer ik een groepje van ongeveer 15 apen. ...
Winter Granted
... year, to my amusement).
As I walked up the hill, trying to avoid the runoff in the middle of the road, an elderly man called out to me. He wanted to know where I was from, of course. He spoke in slow, but very careful English. We chatted for a couple of minutes, and he told me how he and his wife had travelled all over the world (including Niagara Falls) but now that they were old, they stuck closer to home. He asked if I had come alone, and ...
Kusatsu Onsen Spa & Shinjuku Christmas Lights
... Yubatake. The museum ticket cost me only 180 yen (by presenting a discount coupon). Surprisingly, all the displays of the museum had English captions and I read them all, spending one hour. After all, I was fully satisfied with the museum, departing for Shirahatanoyu bathhouse near Yubatake. There were three public bathhouses for free in Kusatsu and Shirahatanoyu was one of them. The bathhouse had two tubs and they were very small, accommodating only a few people at once ...
Ski Heil und Badehaus in den japanischen Alpen
... für die schöne Natur und vor allem für die vielen heißen Mineralquellen. Einer der besten Orte dafür ist Nozawa Onsen. Genau dort sind wir jetzt angekommen. Ein Ort in den Bergen mit Onsen (Badehäuser) an jeder Ecke. Und im Örtchen dampft das heiße Quellwasser aus der noch so kleinsten Ritze. An den fauligen Schwefelgeruch hat ...
Other places to stay in Minamiuonuma
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Fuji Lodge
Maruyama Onsen, Minamiuonuma | Lodge -
Lodge YOU
77-1 Kabanosawa, Minamiuonuma | Lodge
