Nagano Day 3: To Matsumoto

There were a lot of schoolchildren in the station that morning...


Obaachan on the train:


We took multiple trains:







Finally we got to Matsumoto:

Nagano Day 2: Matsushiro

First of all, there were a lot of flowers in Matsushiro.



That was, however, kind of the only nice things. We went to see a castle that didn't exist any more and had not been rebuilt - it was pretty much just a site.

Nagano Day 1

The bus ride out was beautiful:

Nara Trip

Apparently we were in Nara. We didn't go anywhere near the famous sites, which was fine with me since I've seen most of them. But we did some pretty cool things!

We took tea in a really pretty garden:




We also made clay pots here:



That night we arrived at Yoshino.





We played Pictionary Telephone again that night:


It was really pretty that morning



It looked about like this from the outdoor onsen that morning (!):




It was amazing. It's basically a whole mountain of cherry blossoms.