I still had a few days left on my three-week JR pass and I wanted to make good use of it, so I wondered where to go. A friend of mine suggested I would check out some museums of artists I liked during my trip, and I thought it would be nice to visit the museum dedicated to Hokusai.
The museum ended up being in Obuse, a town about 250 kilometers from Tokyo which seemed like a good destination. So, I got onto the shinkansen to Nagano, and then on the local train from there. I had only been to the south/west of Japan before so it was nice to go up north 
for a change. At some point I dozed off, and when I opened my eyes again when we stopped at a station, we were surrounded by snow!
Hokusai Katsushika is known for his woodblock print series “Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji”, amongst them the “Great Wave of Kanagawa”. The museum was very interesting and I particularly enjoyed seeing the very colorful Waterfall series and a few prints from the 36 Mount Fuji views.
