Nagano

It took us 6 hours to get here at 7.30pm we arrived with 4 different trains but it's our own fault due to spending more time at Mt.Fuji. Found the hostel as it was 5 minutes from the station but it's abit of a dump and bloody freezing in the room with no heating, suppose you get what you pay for......

Up early for a hot shower thank god for that, we went back to the station to get the bus to Kanbayashi where we wanted to see the Jigokudani snow monkeys. Well worth the 2km walk to see them, it's the only place in the world to see monkeys in hot springs. I could stand and watch them all day, they are funny little things and didn't care that we were there. Until you watch monkeys for awhile you don't realise how many human mannerisms they have. Reluctantly we left to catch the bus back to Nagano where we are going the explore the city. 

Didn't have much time so went to the biggest tourist attraction they have and yes it's a temple. The Zenkoji Temple is huge and covers alot of ground with shrines everywhere. The same little shops and stalls line the street up to the temple with lots of samples of the food they sell.

Booked our tickets for our 10hr, 4 different trains up to Sapporo in the morning so a long day ahead. As we have roughed it lately we have booked 3 nights in a 4* hotel when we get to Sapporo, looking forward to that.

Baby snow monkey

Olympic City

Bathing in a hot spa on a very cold day