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Yamagata Kaminoyama Onsen
Today I booked our trip to Tohoko ( north-eastern Japan ). I have never been up in that area so I'm dead excited. Tohoko is famous for being a little backward and rural, which is fine by me : Everywhere is mountains. Where we're going you're meant to have a view of the sacred Bandai mountains, where lots of ascetic folk run up and down in hope of attaining something or other.
We're catching the Tohoku Shinkansen at 13:40 from Ueno, Monday, and we'll arrive at our hotel at around 16:30. Being a stop on the Shinkansen line, the town itself seems to be quite built up, but full of stuff to keep us entertained. There are 5 foot onsens, old streets lined with tradtional houses, temples and of course onsen galore. After all, this is an onsen town. Our place has a rotenburo ( hot outdoor spa ) on the roof. So, we'll stay the night in a Japanese style room, play some ping-pong.....I don't half get excited about holidays. I spent hours and hours trying to find pictures of the place we're going to. We'll be there in a few days, so it's a bit silly really. Anyway, well come back on the Shinkansen the next day, leaving mid-afternoon. Hopefully this will give us ample time to explore the town and see a few vistas and boil our bodies in volcanic waters!
posted by PA on Thursday, August 05, 2004
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