We arrived ‘Madarao Onsen’. It’s near Madarao ski park too.

The outside bath was outstanding! And there was also a sauna along with an indoor pool. Pity we could not take photos there as other few naked people in there. The photos are from their website.

Though that did not stop one Dad, who made his son stand naked with the snow in the background while taking photo’s from his phone.

Normally tattoo’s are not allowed in the Onsen’s because of the affiliation with Japanese gangs such as Yakuza, but Nige spotted one guy with his back covered in tattoos and noted that no one seemed to bothered by this. June’s thoughts were that this guy could possibly be a junior member of a gang.

Finished the day with Ramen dinner with June’s mother and her friends at June’s mother regular restaurant bar.

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Nagano is about 2 hours away from Saitama and 3 hours from Tokyo.
 

Nagano station was completely new after renovation.
 

Lots of delicious Nagano fruit and food.
 

We went to Soba (Japanese buckwheat noodle) restaurant in north of Nagano. Soba is speciality food in the region. Delicious!
 

Then we went to our first Onsen (natural hot springs) for the last one year. There was a lot of snow here yet.　
 

You can see superb view from the Onsen as the bath is located outside. Onsen water makes you keep warm after while you hop out, it has serveral good health effects.

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