Alo Japan<p><a href="https://www.alojapan.com/1229706/i-escaped-the-tourist-hordes-in-the-hamptons-of-japan/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">alojapan.com/1229706/i-escaped</span><span class="invisible">-the-tourist-hordes-in-the-hamptons-of-japan/</span></a> I escaped the tourist hordes in the ‘Hamptons of Japan’ <a href="https://channels.im/tags/CrownPrinceAkihito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrownPrinceAkihito</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/JapanNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JapanNews</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/JapanTopics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JapanTopics</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/JohnLennon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnLennon</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/karuizawa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>karuizawa</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/MichikoShoda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichikoShoda</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/MountAsama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MountAsama</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/NaganoPrefecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaganoPrefecture</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/RyueNishizawa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RyueNishizawa</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Tokyo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tokyo</span></a> 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…</p>