The second and last day in Madarao
Day two and day three at the Madarao ski resort. a view like this The first day it snowed and stayed overcast, but from the second day on the weather was clear. Thanks to that a lot of the snow melted. And si…
Day two and day three at the Madarao ski resort. a view like this The first day it snowed and stayed overcast, but from the second day on the weather was clear. Thanks to that a lot of the snow melted. And si…
There are so many Westerners around here that the ski area is full of bars and western restaurants. Out of those we went to Rudolf. the entrance Something about it feels a bit grotesque.. apple juice french …
I made it to Madarao. The snow festival was on. A giant apple… The station for Madarao (Iiyama) Nice and tidy. The share of foreign visitors was much higher than I expected. From here we took a car to …
Having come all the way to Karuizawa, I could hardly skip its most famous restaurant. Auberge de Primavera is a French restaurant well known among Tokyo gourmets. It has even appeared in Drops of God. I had t…
There was a Hoshino Onsen area near our pension. Of course the most famous place around here is Hoshinoya Karuizawa, but I didn’t see much point in staying at a pricey ryokan, so I’d planned to ski…
I was going back and forth on where to stay in Karuizawa, and by the time I’d made up my mind, all the decent hotels were already booked. That’s peak season for you. So my fallback was a pension, w…