On The Way Home We left the Bus Terminal at Takayama Station at 4 pm. We didn’t get ANY sunshine while we were there in Takayama but if it was sunny and hot, it wouldn’t have been all that great. Overall, it was more cloudy than rainy. So, I would […]
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Lunch, Back in Takayama Since we had enough of Gasshozukuri houses and beautiful scenic places, and we could not fulfill our cravings for burgers on the first day, we were on a mission to find the restaurant to serve Hida Beef burgers for the very last meal we have in […]
Gasshozukuri Minka En After we went over the long suspension bridge called “Deai-bashi“, we took a little break at a cafe near by Gasshozukuri Minka En which was our final destination on this trip. By the time we went into this park, the rain has started coming down pretty hard […]
Exploring Shirakawago The rain was on and off (mostly off) while we are in Shirakawago village. Gasshozukuri houses are well maintained and almost felt like we are in some kind of nature amusement park. The village was really organized nicely with many restaurants and shops much more than we […]
Shirakawago Ogimachi Castle Ruins Observatory Unfortunately, the rain has started coming down pretty hard right before we arrived at Shirakawago, and when we got off the bus, it was a downfall. But, while we were on the bus for the Ogimachi Castle Ruins Observatory, it started calming down and by […]
Early Breakfast We had a bus to catch that leaves from Takayama station bus terminal for Shirakawago at 7:50 am. We needed to leave the ryokan by 7:30 am. Ryokan first told us that the earliest available breakfast time starts at 7 am. We thought 30 minutes is not really […]
Relaxation Orihime Experience There was one big problem at this ryokan. This awesome feature called Orihime (kind of like its own spa inside ryokan) on the top floor was women only feature. No men allowed. Shawn felt a little left out when Amelie and Rika were pretty excited to use […]
Hida Beef Shabu Shabu Dinner The table for our second night dinner was moved to a different room. It was a bigger room and tatami seating but there is a space under a table so that you can sit like you are sitting on the chair. Finally, Hida beef shabu […]
On The Way and Mechanical Doll Museum During the annual Takayama festival, these mechanical dolls called “karakuri ningyo” are placed in many portable shrines as a main attraction. There is a museum dedicated to these mechanical dolls in Takayama called Karakuri Museum. Since it was a 15 minute walk from […]