Shirakawago 2019: Ogimachi Village (荻町) Pt 1
The second stage of my bus tour through the mountains of central Japan brought me to the region of Shirakawago and the village of Ogimachi.…
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Gokayama 2019: Ainokura Village (相倉)
The first of the two villages that I’d be visiting as part of my day trip from Takayama was Ainokura, in the Gokayama region of…
Shirakawago/Gokayama 2019: Heading deeper into the mountains
I got up early the next morning and returned to the Takayama bus station to get on a tour bus that would take me deeper…
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Takayama 2019: Arrival in Takayama
It was late afternoon when I arrived in Takayama but because the town is up in the mountains the days there are a bit shorter…
Takayama 2019: The road to Takayama
Most of the time when I was traveling between cities in Japan I would catch a ride on the country’s excellent train network, but when…
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