On the fateful day...

So this is our secret hide-out. Literally. We plan to make it our romantic mecca of sorts. Guarded by the native black bears. *rwar* There are 4 rotenburos. We've tried 2; 1 at night after dinner.We were all clothed with a towel, no worries. ;p We had to run in the snow across a bridge to our the rotenborus in nothing but our yukatas and slippers. Way cool. Passed a little frozen tea garden on the way but saw a pretty purple cabbage flower. Couldnt take photo because of possible naked/semi-naked people. *chortles*

This photo was taken after returning to our lodgings from a lunch of Stamina-ramen at a stone's throw away. It was simple but delicious meal fit for winter. We also went to scour for batteries in a couple of liquour stores and finally found one at a petrol kiosk. But they were lousy, so my camera sputtered miserably, alternating between life and death henceforth until we've made it to Tokyo. (yes, my camera still feeds on batteries. No charger). [waiting for my next $400 LSD!!]