• Morioka station
  • Looking for the bus
  • Mt. Iwate
  • Snowy fields
  • Taxi to Matsukawa Onsen
  • Going out
  • Walking in the snow
  • Mt. Iwate
  • Geothermal power plant
  • Dinner at Matsukawa Onsen
  • My room at Matsukawa Onsen
  • View from the room
  • Bridge to "the cave" (outdoor bath)
  • River
  • Shofuso (minshuku at Matsukawa Onsen)
  • "The Cave" (outdoor bath)
  • Shofuso (minshuku at Matsukawa Onsen)
  • Towada Hachimantai National Park
  • The bus back to Morioka
  • Icycles hanging at a strange angle
  • Tazawa-ko youth hostel
  • Tazawa-ko lake
  • Swan boat in the snow
  • Youth hostel's owners' dog
  • Youth hostel's owners' daughters
  • Dinner at Tazawa-ko
  • Dinner at Tazawa-ko
  • The sea from the train to Tsuruoka
  • After arrival on Mt. Haguro
  • Torii
  • The temple on Mt. Haguro
  • Our room at the temple
  • Dinner at the temple
  • Dinner at the temple
  • Group photo at the temple with monk and Saito family
  • Snow lantern
  • Debate
  • Drinking sake with the priest
  • Drinking sake with the priest (2)
  • The priest
  • Group photo with the priest
  • Trees
  • Prayer rehearsal
  • Prayer rehearsal
  • Monks in training try to fly like a bird
  • Monks in training try to fly like a bird
  • Fire after the race
  • Ringing the bell before new year
  • Lighting the fire at new year
  • The temple in the morning
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