After seeing the visitors off at Iiyama station, I had time to take a three hour stroll around the Temples of Iiyama, this time to take photos.
Taking a mid-day spin though neighboring Tsunan Town.
The rice is planted. Winter weather has left us. The bikes are out of storage. What more could anyone want?
Lilies in the bath at Shinanoso, one of our favorite little family-run hot-spring and ryokan @Shinanoso
The record for deepest snow in Japan at our local station. The red line at the top is about 7.8 meters. I tend to take a photo each year whenever I happen to be at the station, but since it was a beautiful day, and the snow has already started melting/compacting, I made a special…
@yurionsen. Every night we bathe at the local bath. One of the perks of country life in Japan.
Took my dog, Miki and my melon, Melony to the paper maker (Kamisukiya in Kijima Daira) because Ueno-san had made some fresh rhubarb jam. I thought maybe she might want some of the 200 jars I have in the house that are looking for a new home. If you are in Japan and make jam,…
I have not yet asked permission to post this, so I may have to delete it in the morning. One of the inns I love has been working on this outdoor bath (only one person, old-style) for years and every time I come I bug them to PLEASE FINISH THE BATH! This time they had…
Catching a lift up the hill to see the snow monkeys in Shibuonsen.