Kusatsu Onsen-2 : Lavista Kusatsu Hotel

This time, I wanted to take a leisurely dip in the hot spring, so I stayed for 5 nights.The point of commitment is that there is an open-air bath in the guest room.I went to a travel agency (JTB: Japan Travel Buraeu) and asked for a place to stay in Kusatsu that met my conditions, but there were two cases.One is a pure Japanese-style ryokan for about $350 per night.The other is about $170 per night at a hotel.This price is because it includes one night and half board, but even at $ 170, it is an expensive hotel in (more…)

Kusatsu Onsen – 1 : Yumomi -Dance

Kusatsu is a popular hot spring resort in Gunma Prefecture.It is said to be Beppu Onsen (Oita Prefecture) in the west and Kusatsu Onsen in the east, and is a representative hot spring area of the Japan.Kusatsu Onsen is the most popular hot spring in Japan almost every year, but it is located in the mountains and there is no railway, so you have to go there by car.Ikaho Onsen (Gunma Prefecture) and Minakami Onsen (Gunma Prefecture), which are also very popular, are very close to the expressway interchange, but Kusatsu Onsen has to drive on mountain roads for more (more…)

Doppio again, and Anime set in a specific provincial city

I like the story of “Doppio” in the animation Nichijyo (=Daily ).The story is about the protagonist who struggles to order coffee at a coffee shop and fails even more. When Starbucks coffee was made in Japan, I think everyone Japan had this experience.Now there are cups lined up with the letters “short” and “Tall” written on them, but at first they only had “T” and “S” written on the menu. ( iдi ) I don’t know!In Japan, there were often Starbucks in the highway service area, and the restaurants were full, so I got entered. What is “T”? I remember asking (more…)

MOTEGI drive-in

MOTEGI Drive-in is the ancient drive-in Gumma prefecture.Google map : 茂木ドライブイン – Google マップThis drive-in is located on a general road (loophole) from Gunma Prefecture to Lake Suwa in Nagano Prefecture. Even if a modern Japan looks at it, its appearance does not seem modern. It has a style that seems to have existed since before World War II.If we use the expressway from Isesaki City to Lake Suwa, it is 212 km.But with this loophole you can go in 140 km. It is 70km shorter. (@_@;)Since it is a general road, it is not possible to move at high speed. (more…)

MANGA

“MANGA” is japanese cartoon. In the early 1990s, when I went on my first business trip to the United States, I entered a video shop in a shopping mall and saw a section with the word “MANGA” written on it.“What’s that? “ When I approached it, I saw a video tapes of Rumiko Takahashi’s ”Urusei Yatsura”.ラムのラブソング(うる星やつら) – YouTubeThis MANGA story is,From space, like in the movie Independence Day (in 1996), a huge spaceship came to Earth.Their goal is to invade Earth. As a peaceful invasion method, if the representatives of Earth and their planet:  If human can play tag with the (more…)