Hinanoyu Ryokan Matsumoto

Castle sweetness

... showing artifacts and artwork in each of the floors. There were also some English signs which told us some facts about the castle. One of the interesting things were the really steep staircases. I think the steepest one was about 70 degrees! Some of the older tourists had some difficulty going up especially since the staircases were really narrow for two way traffic. I can't imagine samurai soldiers in full armor going up these ...

Matsumoto, Chubu, Japan fxdacat

SULTANA VIAJES MÉXICO > JAPON > VIAJES A JAPON

... Arroz + Curry" pero puedes elegir:

• Paso 1: Con ternera, cerdo o picadillo
  
  
• Paso 2: Cantidad de arroz (200, 300, 400, 500 o 600 gramos)
  
  
• Paso 3: Grado de picante...Suave, normal, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 a10.

Bueno... pues es en este paso 3 donde no debes equivocarte y ser consciente de que los muñequitos situados en la carta junto a cada nivel lloran y se ...

Japan, Japan sultanaviajes

Night in Matsumoto

Settling in in Matsumoto. Spent about 4 1/2 hours on trains today, slow one from Nikko to Utsunomiya, a shinkansen to Omiya, another shinkansen to Nagano, then another slow train to Matsumoto. Signs of civilization at the Matsumoto station - a Starbucks!

Hoping that I can find the castle tomorrow. The ryokan has bicycles to lend, so I'm going to try and ...

Matsumoto, Chubu, Japan jbossert

Nagano - Gefangen im Land des Bären

... meinen Handy genau da ausgegangen... - naja wir hatten ja noch die Gute Nikon ^_^
Runt** sind wir dann den and**en Weg gegangen, und haben h**ausgefunden das d** um einiges einfach** gewesen wäre (m**ke das nächste mal den läng**en Weg nehmen!!) - in d** Mitte des Weges nach unten, haben wir einen man getroffen...
ER: Hey you, have you seen bears??
WIR: No, havent seen any.
ER: You lucky ones you...They attack people, eh...humans....
佐久平, Japan linara

english ...big in japan...

so i am in matsumoto, out of the last 7 nights i spend 6 on parkbenches, the last time i took public transport was 8 days ago and suddenly i have a lot to write about...
First, a night in a youthhostel in JP sets you back around 35 to 40 dollar per night...nothing included, except the privilege to check in after 4 pm and leave before nine...ah...and at 9 pm they lock you in...thanks, then i prefer to sleep in my sleepingbag in a park,more fun, mmore adventure, more cheap....

Matsumoto, Chubu, Japan asci

We heart monkeys :)

... ones were burning hot. It was very relaxing and you could see a nice view of the valley and the monkeys hopping about around you. As we were right at the bottom of the valley we could see people really high above us but they couldnt see us very well, which was only a good thing. We then went back to the park and stayed for a while longer before getting the bus and train to Nagano, the main city of that ...

Yudunaka, Chubu, Japan markandchar

Still Awake!!

... The Japanese students asked us questions, and we asked the Japanese students questions. They were all anonymous, which was nice. The questions ranged from what is your favorite foods to do you think we speak english well, to "would you ever date a Japanese person?" It was great to see how curious our new friends had become and it was amazing to realize how much we don't really know about each others cultures. Although the Japanese are ...

Mt. Fuji, Japan maillette.c

Snow Monkeys and winter hillside treks

After Spencer sleeping all day in the TV room nursing a hangover and then me booking a hotel in the completely wrong area of Japan (although very very luxourious resulted in a 7.15am wake up call to get to Nagano) we made our way to the snow monkeys!

After getting our bus to literally the middle of nowhere, we then walked for 40 minutes along a beautiful snowy trail to where the monkey sanctuary is hidden in the snow. The path is covere din ...

Nagano, Chubu, Japan pregnant_kelly

MONKEYS! Yudanaka, Nagano and Mastumoto

... drove us to the train station to put our overnight bags in a locker (about 300 yen for one that fit both- all train stations seem to have these which his nice), along with two girls (one from Scotland and one from Alberta, Canada) staying at the in who are in Japan teaching English through JET, in a 8 seater van to the entrance o the park and gave us some local history on the way. We started to walk in the park and soon realized we weren't sure which ...

Matsumoto, Japan jenfifi

Day Trip to Nagano

... and ice-skating rink. We went through the rather disappointing museum and through to the ice skating rink to find the lights off and half the ice melted. It was then that we realised that the sign out the front in Japanese probably said the rink was closed due to maintenance.

We left M-Wave, had lunch and then had to wait ages for another ...

Nagano, Chubu, Japan tyga