Shinkansen from Omiya to Nagano. Extreme comfortable traveling!With a great coffee bought in Omiya for 0,66 Euro. My first purchase order completely on Japanese without translation. I had first to learn from a local Japanese.Dropped our luggage at the hotel and after a quick noodle soup we are heading with the bus to the snow monkey park.2 km walk over a snow-path to get to the “onsen” where the snow-monkeys are taking a relaxing warm bath.Soaking wet.So relaxed.Eye contact.Watching the group.Why worry… I have vacation as well.Youngster.The group.Beautiful how they present the delicious food.It looks more like a gift shop than a food store.Our hotel: the Metropolitan.Our cook for tonight. Talking im symbols and Google Translate.Hoe leg je rode wijn uit in gebarentaal.
The menu for tonight… we asked for the chef’s favorite.
Large mushrooms fried in garlic oil, spaghetti carbonara Japanese style nand wagyu steak. It was really superb.
