Toyama to Yamanouchi

This morning before leaving Toyama we walked to the Toyama Museum of Art and Design. Toyama is a a beautiful city. I love Toyama’s architecture, parks and waterways.

Toyama Museum of Art and Design
The roof of the museum.

Then we walked back to the Daiwa Raynet Hotel where we stayed. We picked up our bags and walked to the train station where we caught the bullet train going towards Tokyo. We got off in Nagano and took a local train to the mountain town of Yamanouchi where we are tonight.

Yamanouchi is known for its thermal springs. We are staying in a traditional Japanese hotel with our very own thermal hot tub right outside the room. Meals are included here and we had a fabulous multi course Japanese dinner.

Duke in our natural thermal hot tub
Our room overlooking the river
One of many courses at dinner
Our dinner menu
They made up the beds in our room while we were at dinner
The traditional attire we wore to dinner