Bucky takes Onsen (a hot spring bath)!

Bucky went to Hakone to take a hot spring bath! The town of Hakone is situated in the southwestern part of Kanagawa, and is part of Fuji Hakone Izu National Park. Hakone is an internationally well-known holiday resort. How to take a bath Below is a description of the most common way of taking a bath in a hot spring or public bath in Japan. The actual rules may differ slighly between baths, but if you follow the instructions...

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Bucky meets Budda

Hello from Japan! Bucky went to Kamakura to meet Budda. Kamakura (鎌倉) is a coastal town in Kanagawa Prefecture, less than an hour south of Tokyo. Kamakura became the political center of Japan, when Minamoto Yoritomo chose the city as the seat for his new military government in1192. The Kamakura government continued to rule Japan for over a century, first under the Minamoto shogun and then under the Hojo...

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