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Lodge Furen Contact?
You are quite right, James. We wandered through that 'forest park' (with a big sign announcing itself as Shunkunitai) and were seriously disappointed, before we re-traced our steps and found the entry to the place that Brazil indicated. But as I said, the boardwalk had fallen over. I can't... -
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Lodge Furen Contact?
As for Shunkunitai, I was talking about the boardwalk through the 'taiga forest' which is shown on the attached maps taken from Brazil's 'Birdwatcher's Guide to Japan' (without permission, but I think it's OK). We had been to Hokkaido and Furen before, but we specifically wanted to do this... -
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Lodge Furen Contact?
Hi Tony: First of all, apologies again for being a bit intemperate on the other thread about your trip. I have just checked (with my wife to make sure my Japanese translation is OK) and there's good news and bad news about Furen. Apparently they did some kind of crowdfunding thing and... -
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Lodge Furen Contact?
Hi: We stayed at Lake Furen in August 2016 (it turns out August isn't a good month anyway, but whatever...). We used the Lake Sunset lodge on the edge of Lake Furen, not far from Minshuku Furen (you'll find it on Google Maps or similar), and we found it fine, although the people who ran it...