Today, I drove 5 ish hours south to Noboribetsu. This is apparently a super famous onsen. There is basically this tiny town, just downhill from a volcano water spot/pond that has these giant hotels and onsen built around it. I’m at the Noboribetsu Grand Hotel. My room is bonkers, with a built in hot tub….
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Japan – Day Seven
I’m now caught up, posting these backwards a few days for … posterity? Today, I got up without anything in particular in mind. This hotel isn’t nearly as fancy as the one prior, but it’s in this cute national park area, Daisutzen National Park, that feels a bit like the Pacific Northwest. There’s bear and…
Japan – Day Five
This was 6/21, the day before my birthday, and I decided to get up insanely early to get to Nikka Brewery at its opening, since I was supposed to pick up my rental at 11. I would definitely be late, every train to Otaru was a local, and took about 40 min. Then I boarded…