Went on a tour to see the 'snow monkeys' yesterday. The only problem at the moment is there is no snow, so they're just plain old monkeys!! They still hang out in the hot springs though so thats pretty cool.
We got there just in time for feeding and there were 3 or 4 hanging out in the hot spring. This bloke who looked as bored as hell came out and threw round a few seeds and about 100 of the buggers came out of nowhere for an easy meal. They are not scared of humans at all, and just ran around in between everyone, and let you get really close too.
The day trip also took us to one of the oldest and biggest temples in Japan. It contains the first image of buddha to arrive in Japan. They never show it though. And they only show a COPY of it once every 7 years WTF??!! The fact that they have it is enough to make the place a bloody national monument. How do we know they aren't just kidding :p
At last, the hell that is Hakuba is coming to a close. I get to go back to Tokyo tomorrow.
The snow has gone from bad to worse. I only went skiing 3 out of the 5 days i had tickets for and sold the other two. Very disappointed. Tokyo to end the trip will be sick, should end things on a good note.
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WTF Indeed.
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