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Today we needed to return our little dependable but underpowered Toyota Roomy back to Toyota Nagano. We made a quick pit stop at Haradori Post Office (原通郵便局) to drop off the postcard delivery to some buddies back in Malaysia before embarking on a short hour-long drive to reach the Toyota Office for the drop-off. We …
Today’s road trip to the famous Kiyotsu Gorge at Tokamachi was going to be a 170km round trip adventure, so we got up pretty early to start our day. Our drive saw us passing the Chikuma River at Iiyama city, where cherry blossom trees lined up, making it a famous cherry blossom viewing spot among …
The 3 days 2 nights flew by so fast as it is time to shift towns again. It’s hard to say goodbye to the mountains of Hakuba. We will make for a longer stay in the future as the view is perpetually breathtaking. Our road trip today will bring us north to Niigata prefecture, along …
Hotel Hakuba has got to be one of our favourite hotel as it has a partial view of the Japanese Northern Alps. As the sun rose above the mountains, it casted a brilliant orange glow on the tip of the Alps summit – it was really a sight to behold. It was gone in a …
We woke up early, bought our breakfast at the nearest convenience store (konbini), and took a morning exercise walk to Zenkoji Temple since it was within walking distance from our hotel, Sotetsu Fresa Inn Nagano – about 2km away or 30mins walk one-way. The streets were quite empty with only a few cars on the …