Jinya After lunch Amelie had to “retire” and rest at our ryokan. She said she hasn’t been sleeping well since we left home. We’d miss her but Shawn and Rika continued their adventure. Jinya is also located 5 minutes walk from our ryokan. We can see Jinya from our ryokan […]
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Back to Town and Lunch It was perfect timing to rest and have some cool and not too heavy lunch. Shawn was nice enough to give up his hamburger cravings for the girls. Hisada-ya is located in the heart of Historic District. The restaurant was a remodeled old private home […]
Hida-No-Sato We took a taxi to this place from Takayama station. The fare was less than 900 yen (about 5-7 minutes ride). As soon as we get in, “a photo guy” greeted us and asked if we want him to take a nice photo with Hida-No-Sato sign. Since he offered […]
Miyagawa Asaichi (Miyagawa Farmer’s Market) Rika has visited Takayama once before with her high school trip. When she came last time, this Miyagawa Asaichi (morning farmer’s market) was a “real” farmer’s market where real farmers sell their freshly picked produce. Sadly, nowadays too many stalls are in souvenir business and […]
Shiroyama Koen Park and Morning Stroll The weather was overcast but because of that it had a moderate temperature. We thought it was much better than being in more heat and worrying about getting a heat stroke all day. The entrance of Shiroyama Koen was literally located 10 steps away from […]
Breakfast We all slept okay, so we were pretty much ready to get out and explore. The ryokan let us pick time for a breakfast (of course within a range of common breakfast meal hours). We asked for 8:30 am. Our meal was ready when we get to a cafe […]
After Dinner, Bathtime! If you are traveling in Japan, hot springs (onsen) are a must-experience item, and we would especially recommend staying at ryokan (Japanese style accommodation facility that you could have breakfast/dinner as a package per night) and not hotels. This ryokan has roten-buro (outside bath tubs) separately for men […]
Back to Ryokan and Dinner Enjoying local food is normally one of the highlights of trips. Naturally we were looking forward to a dinner at our ryokan. The quantity was plenty for Amelie and Rika. But Rika thinks some of the dishes were “too authentic” for Shawn, so we ordered […]
Exploring Historic District We walked through several of these Sanno-machi-suji streets in Sanno-machi historic district, typically called “Furui Machinami (the old streets)“. If you have a good imagination, you can time travel to ancient Takayama. As well as all the ancient cities in the world, they preserve the appearance of […]