Kamikochi Travel Blogs

We took the bus to Kamikochi, a tourist town in the Japanese Alps.  We were hoping to camp in our tent but unfortunately it was raining heavily and we had heard there was a typhoon on the way.  So we decided to rent a small wooden camping bungalow. In the afternoon we went to Myojin pond…

On a rainy morning, we left Matsumoto by bus, heading to Takayama, which would be our 3rd stop of the tour. Halfway during the morning, we made a stop at Kamikochi which is a national park located in the japanese Alps, where you can make various hikes through beautiful nature and up to some of sur…

A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To himself, he always appears to be doing both.