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>Day 6 Shibu Onsen & Kanazawa

>Manhole drain cover in Shibu Onsen. Cute huh? It was very early morning when we woke up. I spent 20min luxuriating in the lovely outdoor bath before heading out to explore the neighbourhood and collect the 9 stamps of each … Continue reading

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>Day 5 Nagano & Shibu Onsen part 2

> I don’t know if I will ever have as great an experience in a ryokan as I had in Kokuya, in Shibu Onsen. That sounds sweeping, but the experience we had in Kokuya and in Shibu Onsen was so … Continue reading

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>Day 5 Nagano & Shibu Onsen part 1

> This is how we travel. Backpacks on our backs. This trip, we packed three big backpacks for everyone. We used compression bags, one per child, each clearly labelled. We brought extra bags for laundry. KH, Gillian and Isaac each … Continue reading

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