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Hakuba – Part 5 by Travel Japan Blog on Nov 19, 2009In looking through my Hakuba pictures just now, for the first time in a few weeks, I realized that this is going to be about a 20- or 30-part series. I hope you don’t mind. Our lodgings in Hakuba were wonderful. We booked them through a travel...

Hakuba – Part 2 by Travel Japan Blog on Nov 5, 2009I can’t imagine Lake Aoki (青木湖) being any more beautiful than it is in October. That said, October is when the fewest people are there. The lake was empty when we weren’t on it. We took a break on the banks and skipped some rocks. W...

Hakuba – Part 1 by Travel Japan Blog on Oct 27, 2009We did our first, overnight excursion in Japan as a family last week. We took an 8 a.m. bus from Shinjuku to Hakuba in Nagano Ken. The difference four and a half hours on a bus can make in your environment is incredible. Hakuba is absolutely deserted...