Tokyo is now in summer mode with the weather being constantly over 30 degrees and the sun rises before around 4:30am. Work has been busy and as June is one of the few months in Japan without a public holiday, I am longing for mid July when we have a long weekend. I have been … Continue reading Aomori is calling us
Japan has been one of the hottest travel destinations and there is no signs or reasons to slow down. Between January to October 2024, over 30million international visited Japan. https://www.tourism.jp/en/tourism-database/stats/inbound/ With domestic and especially international guests filling up nearly every accommodations in major tourist ski resorts including Niseko in Hokkaido, Hakuba and Nozawa Onsen in … Continue reading Skiing in Nekoma Mountain, Fukushima
To celebrate our 7th wedding anniversary, we finally visited the last prefecture we haven't set foot on, 岩手 Iwate prefecture in Tohoku located in the northern part of Japan's main island. We caught the shinkansen from Tokyo to Shinhanamaki station in Iwate to start our weekend. First stop: Bite into Iwate We started our trip … Continue reading A weekend away in Iwate
Last weekend, we decided to squeeze in the last ski trip for the season in 蔵王温泉 (Zao onsen) located in 山形県 (Yamagata prefecture) located in the northern end of 本州 Honshu or the main Japan island. We visited Zao onsen in Yamagata in August 2020 (some highlights from the previous trip below) so we were … Continue reading Slushy spring ski and onsen in Yamagata
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