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snow storm in Kusatsu (草津)

and yet another entry this month. Not a playmobil topic though. After detailed planning I finally “gave” Masumi her birthday present in the form of a weekend trip to Kusatsu. A famous onsen area in the middle of Gunma Prefecture (~100 km northwest of Tokyo).

I did not know that the merry message “snow” did not [...]

Kouyou in Yamanashi

Every autumn turn Japan into one of the most beautiful countrysides imaginable. I can only recommend you to spend some time here in early November.

This being said, the last two days, Masumi and I went by train to Kofu in the Yamanashi Prefecture and from there by car to Shizuoka. Masumi’s greatest wish for this [...]

hard day

After a bit of planing and advice from my colleague Harald about a good Momiji oportunity near Mt Fuji, I got up this morning at 3:45am. After a quick shower, some dreamy mumblings of Masumi and a cab ride to Shinjuku I was sitting in the first train to the 5 lakes area.

Amazingly, the train [...]