Hotaka
Location Description
37 photos
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On the way to the wasabi farm, we passed a shrine in the woods.
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Actually we passed several shrines. These salmon-colored...
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Cass and Sara demonstrate.
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Road to the wasabi farm
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It was at about this time we realized we probably should...
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One of the clear-flowing rivers of Hotaka
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Japan has vending machines everywhere.
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A menagerie of anthropomorphized foods greet me at the...
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John at the wasabi farm, with a wasabi ice cream cone.
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Wasabi needs very clean fresh water to grow, and lots of...
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Cass's imitation of statues series part two.
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Wasabi!
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Sara (in the salmon colored vest) on a bridge over the...
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Lots of wasabi.
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I'm not sure why none is growing on the right.
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It turns out Jennie, Sara and Cass all wore Google...
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Japanese maple turning fall colored.
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We paid 1000 yen to take a wasabi cooking class. Here...
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Jennie and Sara.
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John, slicing some wasabi root.
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This involved a lot of chopping. The root is at the...
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Jennie, Sara and Cass.
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All done with chopping. Ready for the next step.
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Next we mixed the wasabi root and stems in with...
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Cass at lunch on the wasabi farm with wasabi peas and a...
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My potato wasabi croquette donburi with miso soup and...
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Wasabi shrimp sticks for sale in the gift shop.
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Cass at the wasabi ice cream cone stand. It was actually...
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In Hotaka the manhole covers are painted.
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On the walk back to the train, we stopped at a glass...
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This looks fun.
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Finished products for sale. I didn't think I'd get these...
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Sara and Jennie watch the glass blowers.
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While we were inside the glass blowing studio, it...
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Walking back to the train station.
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The symbol of Nagano Prefecture Chamber of Commerce. All...
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Kawaii, as the locals say.