Today we headed from Takayama to Kanazawa.
Our first stop after our hotel was the Gold Leaf museum.
Then it was on to the Omi-cho Market.
A water fountain outside the Kanazawa train station.
Japan 2018 Day 17: Takayama to Kanazawa
Japan 2018 Day 16: Takayama/Shirakawa-go
We were staying at the Takayama Station Hotel.
We headed out to the Miyagawa morning market.
This guy had a Totoro knapsack.
Then we went to see the parade float exhibition hall. Twice a year Takayama has a festival where a bunch of people push and pull these huge parade floats down the streets of Takayama.
In the afternoon we took a tour to Shirakawa-go village. We passed through a lot of tunnels through the mountain sides to get there.
The first stop was a scenic outlook that looked down on Shirakawa-go.
Our tour bus.
A farmer working a rice field.
Shirakawa-go is popular for the Gassho style houses. The roofs are made from a type of Japanese grass and the inside is actually quite spacious.
A farmer planting some rice.
Rice plants ready to go.
Inside one of the ghasso houses.
Shirakawa-go is a UNESCO heritage site.
Some roofs are newer than others.
Crossing the bridge on our way back to the bus.
A onigiri poster for Lawson’s.
Let’s English!
Gillian and I playing Super Mario on the Nintendo in the hotel lobby.
Japan 2018 Day 15: Kyoto to Takayama
Today we traveled from Kyoto to Takayama.
This was a Limited Express train with wide scenic windows.
These girls had a tripod setup and were taking pictures of themselves.
Gillian with a wood sculpture.
Some giant carp flags.
We toured around the streets of Takayama.
Gillian wanted to go to Hida-Furukawa station which was a 20 minute train ride. It is the station that appears in the movie Kimi no na wa (Your Name).
The train was pretty empty.
There were spots around the train station that appear in the movie, like this view of the train station.
A group shot while waiting for the train back to Takayama.
This was a liquor store across from the Takayama train station.
