Matsumoto 2019: Arrival in Matsumoto
My tour of Nagoya Castle delayed my departure from Nagoya into the afternoon and it took about two hours to reach my next destination, Matsumoto.…
Kiso Valley 2019: Magome
My second destination within the Kiso Valley was the town of Magome. Like Tsumago, Magome is a former post town that sits on an old…
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…
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…
Kyoto 2019: Fushimi Inari Shrine (伏見稲荷大社) (Second Visit)
On my second full day in Kyoto I had visited Fushimi Inari Shrine in the hopes of getting a nice photo of the shrine’s famous…
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