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I woke up really really early at 6am to take my morning walk to Fuji Yumeno Ohashi (bridge) as forecast for the day was super clear sky. Japan weather forecast tend to be quite accurate – so off I went on a chilly morning walk. The predawn blue-pinky-ish sky casting its colors on Fujisan was …
Woke up early to have a morning walk along the shores of the lake – weather forecast mentioned a dull cloudy morning and it was accurate. demit. After the walk, Hotel Beniya‘s breakfast was a welcoming re-load with a sumptuous spread. Japanese breakfasts tend to be low in fat and oil and we really love …
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 …
I peeked at the weather forecast on my phone at 5 am—it was clear! After an ice bath, I found myself outside, wandering the quiet streets of Nagano City, hoping to catch a glimpse of the sunrise. However, Nagano is surrounded by tall mountains, so the sun only makes an appearance around 6:30 am, and …