MAM Day Six – On with Japan

Now that my heat pipes are fixed and I don’t have to wear my mittens inside and BaaBaa doesn’t have to keep me warm, I can get on with Day Six and Japan.

View from hotel window, dawn in Nagano.

We always got up at the crack of dawn. That’s what birders do. “The early worm catches the bird”…Isn’t that how the saying goes?

A walk up to where the snow monkeys are. – Yamanochi-Hirao
Twisted trunks
Hanging on by the roots
Looking way down to where the rushing stream will feed into the hot springs.
Almost there.
Are we really different? Hard to say. Why ask?
Resort in the mountains by the hot springs
The hot springs. I didn’t go in but the monkeys liked bathing in it.
They will come down from there in droves.
Contemplative simian.
Remember Rodin’s sculpture “The Thinker”? I see a resemblance.
Mmmm, I’m getting hungry. Time for a pancake break.

Next time maybe a visit to a temple and a castle. As my mother would say: “We’ll see.”

Until then…

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5 thoughts on “MAM Day Six – On with Japan”

  1. Barbara C. Johnson's avatar Barbara C. Johnson says:

    Oh my! Oh my whatever!!! I missed this one the first time around and am so glad to join you on this part of the journey – trees and hot spring and marvelous monkeys – thank you for catching me up.

    Love, Barbara

  2. maddywinfield's avatar maddywinfield says:

    I love the juxtaposition of Monkey and Rodin. Exactly paired. The roots, the twists, and waking up.

  5. nicolamorris2013's avatar nicolamorris2013 says:

    Loving this vicarious travel. Thank you so much. Did you get in the hot springs? Love the people simians apes juxtaposition. Very clever of them and you.

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