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Pension Cosmos Iiyama

Madaraokogen Iiyama, Nagano Prefecture, Chubu, Japan

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Nothing new

A travel blog entry by britadam

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Not much new to report today. Our work today consisted of cleaning Joe's shed up. It is tougher than I thought, cleaning someone else's space. It snowed a lot last night, so I kept busy with shoveling.
Just finished baking a batch of carrot, apple, ginger muffins. The oven seemed to play nice ...

Piece of Cake

A travel blog entry by britadam

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This past Sunday, Adam and I had the day off. Sarah and Joe were having supper at their place and asked if we would make a dessert. Since we both like baking, we agreed to make something. Apparently Japanese people don't do a lot of baking and have these tiny table top ovens that double as microwaves.

We decided to make a chocolate cake, but because the heating elements fold down on top of the baking dish, the top of the ...

Zenko-ji and Snow Monkies

A travel blog entry by britadam

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... occurrance. Once we reached the onsen, we were in for a real surprise. Around 30 monkeys bathing in at once in the onsen! The monkeys come down from the mountain top to sit in an onsen specifically for them. An onsen is similar to the hot springs in Banff. This is the only place in the world where monkeys bath naturally in hot springs. Tourists crowded around snapping photos and the monkeys didn't even flinch. Enjoy the pictures and ...

Mochi Making

A travel blog entry by britadam

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... host, Sarahs', company, Obusedo. They were also serving sweet sake and roasted chestnuts. Sweet sake is a non-alcoholic, warm rice drink. It is made with the left over liquid from the sake brewing process. All were very delicious!

Sarah taught us how to say Happy New Year in Japanese- Akemashita omedeto goziamasu!

The mochi making continues tommorrow. Bye for now!

Brit & Adam
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Japanese New Year celebration

A travel blog entry by britadam

... shrine. I have not read about the significance of each shrine yet, but I am sure we will find out tomorrow.

There was very nice Japanese "shrine" music, bonfires, and lots of mika's (they get them when they pay tribute with coins). We are back at our house and we can still hear the gongs being rung. There were a few fireworks far off in the distance as well, but nothing like at home.

We have a busy day tomorrow, so bedtime here. Happy 2012!
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