karuizawa day 2

Since breakfast would be served later than "our usual time", we took a little walk

The pension we stayed at had lots of different flowers around it

There weren't a lot of people out in the town area at this time of the morning, so it was super quiet, kinda nice.

Breakfast was quite hearty

Disappointing was the coffee, I think it was because it was already made and sitting on the warmer...

We checked out and headed to Shiraito Falls.

We've seen another Shiraito Falls when we were on a Mount Fuji tour.

This Shiraito Falls is closer to the road so it was easy to get to.

Video of the falls in my photos, here 

And then we went to check out the Kyu Karuizawa area.

The French Bakery is a small bakery that apparently John Lennon used to visit to pick up bread when he stayed in the area.

The owner of the bakery also used to work at Mampei Hotel and opened this bakery after leaving the hotel.

Mampei Hotel is apparently where John Lennon used to stay when he was in Karuizawa

We thought we might be able to have lunch on the terrace but they only served sweet things here.

The humidity was kind of high on this day, so we sat indoors.

Kat had their peach shaved ice...so good, especially the fresh peach slices

"someone" had a beer 

Nearby (I think) is the tennis court where the previous Emperor and Empress of Japan first met.

The Kyu Karuizawa area had lots of shops and restaurants.

The amount of furry ones were about as high as the amount of people, almost everyone had their furry one with them, in strollers, on leashes, in their arms, very different from what we see in Tokyo.

Then we went to the ryokan we would be staying at...in Miyota.

It was about 20 minutes by train from Karuizawa

Because this area is not near the ocean, their seafood was not very good.

You could tell things had been frozen because they were either rubbery or kinda of watery...disappointing

The yakiniku was delicious

And so was the melon.

It was quite a long day and we were able to see all that we wanted to.

French Bakery

618 Kyu Karuizawa

Kitasaku, Nagano

Closed: Thursdays

Hours: 8:00-17:00

Mampei Hotel

925 Karuizawa

Kitasaku, Nagano

Mikasa Coffee

707-3 Kyu Karuizawa

Kitasaku, Nagano

Bon Okawa 

601-1 Karuizawa

Kitasaku, Nagano

Open daily: 10:00-17:00

Schokoladen Burg

4-2 Karuizawa

Kitasaku, Nagano

Closed: Wednesdays

Hours: 10:00-17:00

Meijiya

2453 Miyota

Kitasaku, Nagano