After the awesome time at Atami, we went straight to Nagano Prefecture for July 24th~26st. Our purpose of going to Nagano is to visit some relatives! I've never met any Japanese relatives other than my grandparents so I was very excited. From Atami, we went on a train back to Tokyo. From Tokyo station, we boarded a shinkansen (bullet train). Nagano was the host of the Olympics in 1998 so luckily there was a easy 1 hour bullet train ride into this VERY mountainous place. While I was riding in the train, my ears start to pop since it is so much higher than the water level. Nagano is famous for its delicious milk and mountains (for ski resorts and onsens). Check out what I did!
Map of Japan with Nagano Prefecture shaded in brown. It's big and two prefectures away from Tokyo.
Shinkansen with Pokemon!
Took a pit stop to get some lunch. This is something my mom used to always get when she was a kid and it is called Kama Meshi. Chicken, apricot, Japanese chestnut, egg, peas, and other vegetables all over rice. Mixing different flavors made it an awesome lunch!
Me inside the hotel room after I went to the onsen. Ahh, my body felt so good!
Buffet in the hotel. I think I ate too much X.X
Entrance to a huge mountainous park. Inside Kai Park, there is an amusement park, zoo, spacious field, bridges, and old Shogun buildings.
First thing we did was hit the zoo. This zoo was SERIOUSLY the BEST zoo I have ever went to. All the animals were actually ACTIVE. Like they move about by themselves and do stuff. Check it out!
This Black Bear was playing with a big stick and banging against the wall. After awhile he got tired and fell asleep.
Oh man, these lions. When my family walked up my sister yelled something and the lion immediately stood up and did a low growl. My family moved on to see other animals so I was left alone with the lions. I started to make lion growling noises, and the lion stood up. He walks over to the female lion and mounts O.O Wait... And they get it going on until the female growls and the male dismounts... Did I growl a message to the male to do that?
This bird tried pecking through the fence at me :P
My favorite Ajisai (Hydrangea).
View of Nagano from Kai Park.
This Hydrangea was a very deep purple. Very cool :)
Archery Range
These monkeys would make loud hilarious sounds and fight each other!
This girl was so entertaining to watch!
Monkey swinging while eating :D
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