Shinanoso
Travel Blogs from Tsunan-machi
Real Japanese experiences
... energy, and charm; the onsen (hot springs), especially the outdoor ones, where you're in a 40 degrees pool of really good water with the cold air and steam above you; koyo, the autumn colours of the leaves, that make mountains and views truly breathtaking; Japanese food and sweets, including this area's specialty, "inago" (crickets!!! We only tasted ...
Japanese country life
... just like humans! It was amazing to be surrounded by so many of them, so close to us! They are so entertaining to watch! They are really used to humans and they act like they don't even notice us. Only the boss sometimes would scare people (and other monkeys) off.
Then we stopped at Obuse, a small town where the famous painter Hokusai spent the last years of his life. It's a ...
Live from the Japanese Alps!
... host, who took us to a wonderful and peaceful place 700 meters high in the mountains: what a view!!
After a nice breakfast with homemade orange marmalade, we got to work: we started to paint the yellow building you can see in the pictures. It was so nice to be out and active on such a beautiful day within such a beautiful environment!
Then we had ...
Snow monkeys, rotemburo and a rather pleasant meal
... we ate deep fried tofu, rice, miso soup with wild mushrooms and vegetable tempura. There was a raucous band of locals in who were cheerful, trying out their English: "Adios amigos!" The food was delicious and the owner patiently listened to our dodgy Japanese!
Now we are back in our room editing lots of monkey videos and photos. Only a small sample will be attached to this blog!! A truly delightful day!!
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Japan moto trip (Venus Line)
... easily use in Japan. You have to rent a sim card and this is hard to find. I tried buying a 3G/internet-only SIM card but it didn’t work so I had to get a refund. Also, without a GSM connection my phone refuses to let the GPS work, so basically I was down to using OSMand as a paper map, whilst still being able to use it to make distance calcs. I overlaid the route designed in OSRM using the .GPX file and all worked seamlessly until a little ...
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