Takayama 2019: Takayama Castle Ruins
Before leaving Takayama I hiked up the hill where the ruins of the city’s old castle is located. Today the area where Takayama Castle once…
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Takayama 2019: Old Town and Morning Market
On my departure day I was able to see a bit more of Takayama before leaving and I started by walking down to the city’s…
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Takayama 2019: Sugar Margarine Toast
During my journey across Japan and Korea I encountered many unusual items while shopping in local grocery stores and one of the oddest things was…
Takayama 2019: Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine (櫻山八幡宮)
With my bus tour of Gokayama and Shirakawago concluded, I arrived back in Takayama in the late afternoon and before the sun went down I…
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Shirakawago 2019: Ogimachi Village (荻町) Pt 3
Before leaving Ogimachi I crossed the river that runs along the west end of the village and went over to the Gassho-zukuri Minkaen. This is…
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Shirakawago 2019: Ogimachi Village (荻町) Pt 2
Continuing my exploration of Ogimachi, I walked some more through the parts of the village with the most gassho-zukuri farmhouses. Everything was still wet from…
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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…
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