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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 ...
The oldest castle in Japan
We've spent one night in Matsumoto, at a nice little hostel that gave us bikes for free! So we explored Matsumoto, which is not very big and very "bike-friendly", and visited Matsumoto Castle. It is the oldest castle in Japan and one of the four National Treasures of Japan. It is definitely impressive! We went up to the sixth floor on very steep staircases, with a nice Japanese tour ...
Suwa lake and geyser
... and bags and found some tabi boots but sadly they weren't big enough for our friend's feet.
We carried on up the road and just as we were about to turn round we came across a vegetarian and vegan restaurant, Gen. As we couldn't read the menu we went for the set dish of the day which turned out to be a vegetable stew, rice with mushrooms, a tofu pattie and selected pickled veg. It was very warming, welcome and tasty!
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Matsumoto city and castle
... Howvwer we were grateful he told us it was fish stock as we didn't want bad tummies again.
Still raining, we found a steak and pasta restaurant and ordered dinner. Towards the end of dinner a gentleman came and asked us in impeccable English if he could help us in any way. He explained he was the septagarian owner and had been born upstairs. He was a real gent.
Still tipping down we made it back to the hotel.
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Tateyama National Park
... stroll. The rivers here have very artificial banking and there seem to be lots of mechanism controlling the water flow.
Back in the car we drove the short distance to the Murodo junction only to be told that the road was closed to all but local traffic and that we would have to drive back to Tateyama Station and catch a cable railway (a bit like a funicular) and a bus. None of the Guide books told us that we could not drive there.
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