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So yesterday was a travel day and travel we didโฆwe also followed our luggage using AirTagsโฆthe luggage had been forwarded to our next hotel from our hotel in Utoro 2 days prior, using the TA-Q-BIN Japanese delivery systemโฆwe went from car from Abashiri hotel to the airport in Memanbetsu and then flew to Tokyo Haneda to be picked up for transfer to the JR Tokyo Station where we took the Shinkansen (bullet train) to Nagano to catch a local train to Yudanaka station, where a taxi was waiting for us to drop us off at our hotelโฆwe were supposed to arrive at 17:33 local time, we arrived at 17:33 local timeโฆall trains were on schedule to the minuteโฆwhat wasnโt on schedule was our luggageโฆthe TA-Q-BIN forwarding system is considered to be extremely reliableโฆas we were tracking our luggage with AirTags, I noticed that they were stuck at the same location for far too long so I looked at the tracking information from the delivery service and its status stated UNDER INVESTIGATIONโฆnot goodโฆI contacted our travel agent for this part of the trip and they were able to enlighten the providerโฆapparently, they had attempted to deliver it to a location far away from where it was supposed to be delivered, our hotelโฆthe misunderstanding was resolved but there were no guarantees that the luggage could be delivered todayโฆthis morning, when we woke up, it was only 8 km from our hotel, so things were looking goodโฆby the time we came back from the Snow Monkey Park, the luggage was in our roomโฆreliable doesnโt mean infallibleโฆIโm wondering if the fact that the destination address was written in English might have had something to do with itโฆa real case of LOST IN TRANSLATION. ๐
The one and only reason to come to Yudanaka was to return to the Jigokudani Yaen-koen, the Snow Monkey Parkโฆwe had visited the park in 2013 and since we were in this neck of the woods, I wanted to return as the November 2013 visit had been such a great experienceโฆfast forward 11+ years, and it was still an amazing experience, but with the number of tourists that visit the park now, you have to get there early, which we didโฆto get to the park, you have to treck uphill 1.6 km on a snow packed, sometimes icy trail, and in my case hauling about 30 pounds of camera gearโฆbut once you get there, the experience is magicalโฆwe were part of the first ten people to enter the park, so we had it pretty much to ourselves for the first 1/2 hour or soโฆby the time we went down the mountain 1 hour 1/2 later, the park was already crowded and the foot traffic coming uphill was unbelievableโฆbut as the saying goes, the early bird gets the worm. ๐
Needless to say, that spending time observing the wild Japanese macaques relaxing in the manmade SPA or chasing each other either playfully and sometimes quite aggressively is quite an experienceโฆthe snow monkeys (Japanese macaques) live in the wild but are attracted to a man-made pool being fed from the natural hot spring water in the mountainโฆthe pool was built to keep the macaques in the mountain so that they would not venture to the base of the mountain to take up their daily relaxation in private spasโฆthe monkeys are also fed near the basin areaโฆit was a beautiful way to start the dayโฆenjoy the slideshow.
Donc, hier, cโรฉtait une journรฉe de dรฉplacements et et nous nous sommes dรฉplacรฉsโฆnous avons รฉgalement suivi nos bagages ร lโaide dโAirTagsโฆles bagages avaient รฉtรฉ expรฉdiรฉs ร notre prochain hรดtel ร partir de notre hรดtel ร Utoro , 2 jours auparavant, en utilisant le systรจme de livraison japonais TA-Q-BINโฆnous sommes passรฉs de la voiture de lโhรดtel ร Abashiri ร lโaรฉroport de Memanbetsu, puis nous avons pris lโavion pour Tokyo Haneda pour รชtre pris en charge pour le transfert ร la gare JR de Tokyo oรน nous avons pris le Shinkansen (train ร grande vitesse) jusquโร Nagano pour prendre un train local jusquโร la gare de Yudanaka, oรน un taxi nous attendait pour nous dรฉposer ร notre hรดtelโฆnous รฉtions censรฉs arriver ร 17 h 33, heure locale, nous sommes arrivรฉs ร 17 h 33, heure localeโฆtous les trains รฉtaient ร lโheure ร la minute prรจsโฆce qui nโรฉtait pas ร lโheure, cโรฉtait nos bagagesโฆle systรจme dโexpรฉdition TA-Q-BIN est considรฉrรฉ comme extrรชmement fiableโฆalors que nous suivions nos bagages avec des AirTags, jโai remarquรฉ quโils รฉtaient coincรฉs au mรชme endroit pendant beaucoup trop longtemps, jโai regardรฉ les informations de suivi du service de livraison et le statut indiquait SOUS ENQUรTEโฆpas bonโฆjโai contactรฉ notre agent de voyage pour cette partie de notre itinรฉraire et ils ont pu รฉclairer le fournisseurโฆapparemment, ils avaient tentรฉ une livraison ร un endroit trรจs รฉloignรฉ de lโendroit oรน la livraison devait se faire, notre hรดtelโฆle malentendu a รฉtรฉ rรฉsolu, mais il nโy avait aucune garantie que les bagages pourraient รชtre livrรฉs aujourdโhuiโฆce matin, lorsque nous nous sommes rรฉveillรฉs, ils nโรฉtaient plus quโร 8 km de notre hรดtel, donc les choses regardaient bienโฆร notre retour du parc des singes de neige, les bagages รฉtaient dans notre chambreโฆfiable ne signifie pas infaillibleโฆje me demande si le fait que lโadresse de destination ait รฉtรฉ รฉcrite en anglais aurait pu avoir quelque chose ร voir avec celaโฆun cas rรฉel de PERDU DANS LA TRADUCTION. ๐
La seule et unique raison de venir ร Yudanaka รฉtait de retourner au Jigokudani Yaen-koen, le parc des singes de neige (Snow Monkey Park)โฆnous avions visitรฉ le parc en 2013 et, comme nous รฉtions dans ce coin de la planรจte, je voulais y retourner, car la visite de novembre 2013 avait รฉtรฉ une si belle expรฉrienceโฆavance rapide de plus de 11 ans, et cโรฉtait toujours une expรฉrience incroyable, mais avec le nombre de touristes qui visitent le parc maintenant, vous devez y arriver tรดt, ce que nous avons faitโฆpour vous rendre au parc, vous devez monter 1,6 km sur un sentier enneigรฉ, parfois glacรฉ, et dans mon cas, transportant environ 30 livres de matรฉriel de photographieโฆmais une fois que vous y รชtes arrivรฉ, lโexpรฉrience est magiqueโฆnous faisions partie des dix premiรจres personnes ร entrer dans le parc, donc nous avons eu la place ร pour nous pendant environ 30 minutesโฆau moment oรน nous sommes descendus de la montagne 1 heure et demie plus tard, le parc รฉtait dรฉjร bondรฉ et le trafic piรฉtonnier en montรฉe รฉtait incroyableโฆmais comme dit le proverbe, le monde appartient aux premiers levรฉs. ๐
Inutile de dire que passer du temps ร observer les macaques japonais sauvages ร se dรฉtendre dans le SPA artificiel ou ร se poursuivre de maniรจre ludique et parfois assez agressive est toute une expรฉrienceโฆles singes des neiges (macaques japonais), vivent ร l’รฉtat sauvage, mais sont attirรฉs par un bassin artificiel alimentรฉ par une source gรฉothermique dans la montagneโฆla piscine a รฉtรฉ construite pour garder les macaques dans la montagne afin qu’ils ne s’aventurent pas vers la base de la montagne pour profiter de leur dรฉtente quotidienne dans des spas privรฉsโฆles singes sont รฉgalement nourris prรจs de la zone du bassinโฆjโespรจre que vous apprรฉcierez le diaporama.
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The luggage incident reminds me of a trip we took to Croatia with a stopover in Amsterdam. My luggage went to Paris (and this was before we were able to use air tags, not that it would have made a difference). Fortunately, KLM and Air France managed to get my suitcase back to me the next day although I did have to search through mountains of lost luggage at Schiphol airport (one of the busiest hubs in Europe). Like you, all ended well and itโs just another story to tell, one of many travel experiences! Enjoy the journey!
Lucky I was checking the AirTags, otherwise I wouldnโt have bothered to check the status on the providerโs tracking system and we would only have found out when we got to the hotel which would have been to late to do anything that nightโฆso the delay would have been 2 daysโฆI swear by AirTags nowโฆ ๐
Lucky I was checking the AirTags, otherwise I wouldnโt have bothered to check the status on the providerโs tracking system and we would only have found out when we got to the hotel which would have been to late to do anything that nightโฆso the delay would have been 2 daysโฆI swear by AirTags nowโฆ ๐
Early bird indeed – spectacular photos were the result. And you make a great pitch for AirTags.
It was a good sessionโฆand the AirTags I think are essential nowโฆwe have 12 on the go.