Jump Ahead:
In January, Marie and I planned on taking a short weekend trip up to Mt. Zao for some skiing and animal farms. I actually wanted to visit the fox village in Zao and Marie had wanted to visit the Alpaca farm in Nasu so we found more of an excuse to make the drive up by going skiing in Zao. Just a quick 2-day trip staying one night in Yamagata.
Zao Onsen & Yamagata
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Miyagi/Zao Fox Village
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Nasu Alpaca Farm
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In the end, a nice little weekend getaway, albeit traumatizing when it came to driving and freezing when it came to my hands. Good learning experience and I will never (voluntarily) drive in snow again with this car haha.