Snow monkeys, onsen hot springs, and more LIVE from Nagano Japan

Live on a beautiful morning at Aburaya Tousen in Yudanaka Japan ❤️

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0:00 A few minutes before breakfast at the ryokan near Nagano

1:08 The private onsen and where it comes from

1:52 Chilling in the hot tub before the family wakes up

2:40 A tour of the deck and the mountains around Nagano

3:52 The river, the ring of fire, and a thousand years of shrine culture

5:12 Why going live sometimes feels better than chasing the next thing

7:37 Talk of the World Cup and not being a sports person

8:05 Comparing Nagano's energy to Tohoku and Tokyo

8:42 The hike to the snow monkey park and a farmhouse tap room stop

9:58 What's fallen away since 2023, the grief of losing spiritual belief

11:27 Temples as visually beautiful but no longer spiritually meaningful

12:24 Everything is exactly what it is, the river, the mattress, the railing

13:04 You can't escape your humanity, even on a beautiful trip

13:41 A comment about a face that morphs, and what that might mean

14:44 No longer needing external validation for spiritual clarity

15:50 Listening to the cicadas from the balcony

17:15 A look inside the tatami room where the family sleeps

18:12 Getting called for coffee and breakfast

19:06 Does the sense of self still arise, and how that's experienced now

21:23 The specialness relaxing, and why that's hard to talk about

21:58 Wrapping up, thanks and heading off for the day