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Have a hot spring bath after all that hiking
RoseAmano Says: It's a 10-min. walk from Okutama Station, and a nice way to refresh in late afternoon after a long day.
Easily found in front of the JR Stations: Simple homestyle food
RoseAmano Says: In this area, they'll be generally simple food, such as noodles, or grill fish and miso soup etc., and found mostly within walking distance of the JR stations.I might as well combine shopping and lodging tips here as they would also be found in the same places. Shopping...
Riding the JR trains to Okutama
RoseAmano Says: From Tokyo or Shinjuku station to Okutama, use JR. Chuo line, about 2 hours, 1,210YEN. You can begin one of many hiking courses from a few stops before the terminal stop Okutama, for example, get off at Hatonosu station, hike a nice trail which follows to Shiromaru station,...
By JR Chuo Line and JR Ome Line
jenfriend Says: From Shinjuku, take JR Chuo rapid Line towards Ome direction and transfer at Tachikawa to Okutama. Then take bus to Okutama-ko. Train one way takes about 2 hours and bus one way is about 10-15mins.
What is a "Sightseeing Toilet"?
RoseAmano Says: Fortunately it's just a literal translation of "tourist toilets", as in public toilets for use by tourists, though the word choice in the original Japanese is rather dodgy too.
What it takes to sustain our urban lifestyle
RoseAmano Says: These not-so-behind-the-scenes unsightly structures do spoil the otherwise spectacular scenery, and in trying to find out their purpose, it seems that the dam is called the Ogochi Dam, completed in 1957 after 30 years planning (including stall time during 2nd WW), and is a...
Any summer outdoor related activity is here
RoseAmano Says: The usual summer mountain activities such as hiking, camping, fishing, rock climbing, kayaking, rafting, river swimming may all be done here.
RoseAmano Says: Just spectacular scenery with reasonably good transport access to Tokyo. In one of the minor photos, yes there is a rock climber, and yes it's scary for me to lean off the bridge like that to get a good angle shot.
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Fortunately it's just a literal translation of "tourist toilets", as in public toilets for use by tourists, though the word choice in the original Japanese is...
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