https://www.alojapan.com/1229706/i-escaped-the-tourist-hordes-in-the-hamptons-of-japan/ I escaped the tourist hordes in the ‘Hamptons of Japan’ #CrownPrinceAkihito #Japan #JapanNews #JapanTopics #JohnLennon #karuizawa #MichikoShoda #MountAsama #NaganoPrefecture #news #RyueNishizawa #Tokyo I hadn’t expected to be retracing the steps of John Lennon as I walked through Onioshidashi Park in Japan, a charcoal-hued nature reserve filled with sculptural volcanic rocks, formed by a massive eruption of Mount Asama in 1783. And yet, the l…