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The youth hostel in Shiokawa - and its gold fish pond. Can you find the YHA triangle sign?
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The room downstairs that we got for a couple of nights.
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A friendly welcome.
At the sake shop owned by
the youth hostel host Yamaguchi San.
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The first night in Shiokawa we got a lot of good advice on what to see and do in the surroundings... and of course a couple of glasses of sake.
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The surroundings
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Shiokawa is located in the middle of rice fields that are surrounded by mountains.
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Flowers in a rice paddy.
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On our way to Aizu Wakamatsu we cycled past sceneries like this.
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Another rice paddy.
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The Shiokawa Festival
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