It's the last leg from my Yuru Camp season 3 travels last year! First I'll be heading to the river campsite (Black Smith Outdoorfield Sanogawa Base) and Sanogawa onsen just up the road (1) then to a spot by the river that the girls also visit by Kai-Oshima station (2). I set off from Shimada... Continue Reading →
So it's been a week. Since my last post, I visited a bunch of yuru camp season one locations with a friend, and went to a techno festival in the middle of the foresty mountains in Nara. For the yuru camping part, some of the locations I've previously visited on a past trip are now... Continue Reading →
I mentioned at the end of the last post that I would be hiking up to the Takabocchi highlands, where there is a campsite Rin stays at in the first season in episode 5. We would camp up there too, then rest a day. The plan after that was to hike up to Jinbatagayama, a... Continue Reading →
I won't do any contents links since there's only one Yuru Camp location in this post. If you're interested in reading my Yuru Camp content you can read part 1 and part 2 here. The rest is me accounting what I've been up to. Fortunately for those that came here for Yuru Camp, it's the... Continue Reading →
So now for the second leg. These are the areas around Kofu, north of Minobu. Use the contents to skip to where you want, or read it in chronological order by heading to the next page. Part 1 will be linked below too. Selva/Liquor StoreLake ShibireWild CampingYamanashi StationFuefukigawa Fruit ParkHottarakashi OnsenEastwood Camping Grounds Link to... Continue Reading →
I'm writing this introduction after the Lake Motosu/Shizuoka leg. Since these trips are probably going to span across a couple weeks, I'm going to write this as I go along. Most people that I've read on the internet have done their Yuru Camp pilgrimages with a car, which is definitively the most efficient way of... Continue Reading →
No Guests So for the lasts few days there were no guests at all. None for lunch, and none sleeping. Very unusual for the middle of sakura season. I guess the soft lock in Tokyo is having it's effect. Not much has happened, apart from a few things. One day for dinner someone brought in... Continue Reading →
I got picked up on Monday from Minobu Station by Damien, a french guy working at the ryokan. https://flic.kr/p/2iGQQSB This is where the Minobu Manju shop that's featured in Yuru Camp is, and it had a lot of customers. https://flic.kr/p/2iGQQTy There was also a few posters on the window of the souvenir shop. All the... Continue Reading →
A Change of Plan So after talking to an experienced hiker in the area, I gathered enough information to decide not to do the hike over the mountain to get to Kofu. While it's definitely possible, my lack of equipment meant that the recent dump of snow and sub zero temperatures would make it quite... Continue Reading →
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