Sharing favorite finds from across the archipelago
Last year, around this time, I took off for the mountains of central Japan. During that trip, I spent a few nights in Takayama, one of my favorite destinations in Japan. Takayama is a small city that sits at the edge of the Central Japan Alps. Takayama was renowned in the Edo Period (1603-1868) for... Continue Reading →
I was excited to catch a unique manhole cover like Gero Onsen on my trip through central Japan this past fall. I'd been in Takayama before but had never bothered looking down at my feet and was oddly excited to see what the city might be sporting on its sewer drains. (No, I never thought... Continue Reading →
There are a number of sites to see in Takayama, from the photogenic streets of the Sannomachi area to the shrines and temples that line the eastern mountains. However, one sight truly stood out in my mind on my last visit to this town in the central mountains and that was the old government building... Continue Reading →
A few miles outside of the mountain town of Takayama, the Hida Folk Village (or Hida no Sato) provides an excellent example of how the area's residents lived in years past. Alright, a bit of a boring intro (my creative juices just aren't flowing today) but this place is anything but. Over 30 houses from... Continue Reading →
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