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1655 Sano, Takaoka, Toyama, Chubu, 933-0826, Japan | Hotel

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Day 9: Kanazawa - Higashi Chaya and Kenrokuen

A travel blog entry by peter18loi

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... plan was to have dinner in one of the old fashioned restaurants in the district. We had two hours to kill before dinner time so i wanted to just throw in the towel and head back to the hotel to catch up on some sleep. Luckily for us Bon convinced me to stay by bribing me with the discovery of a ice cream and dessert store. We killed the time by snacking on local sweets. We had some ice cream on charcoal bamboo pancakes. I had doubts but it tasted amazing. You just have to ...

Shirakawa-go

A travel blog entry by kevinandjoan

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... the middle of the room that spread its fumes throughout he whole house. Howvwer you are not allowed to smoke in the whole of the village because of fire risk!
We walked up to the viewpoint and then walked back to our car.
Next we headed to Toyama mainly via tunnels. Our hotel was opposite a temple and pagoda and near the castle. We had a walk around, idenified a place to eat but decided to just get some snacks instead as we we both tired.
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Gardens, Castles & Ninja Temples

A travel blog entry by gavin_davies

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... this we headed across town to the Ninja Temple. The name is deceptive as it has nothing to do with Ninjas but is in reference to the number of concealed staircases, false floors and secret exits incorporated into the design. It has 24 rooms, but 29 staircases and was spread over four floors, although outside it appears to only have two, as was the maximum allowed by law at the time. It was ...

Kanazawa

A travel blog entry by gavin_davies

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... a couple of trains to Kanazawa. This place is a lot larger than Tayamana with lots of skyscrapers and a hefty train/bus station. We dropped our bags in hotel reception and headed to a market, which whilst interesting I know will pale in comparison to what I will see once I hit China and SE Asia. We also checked out an olde tea house in the Geisha district. This was pretty mundane. It felt like the Japanese are happier about the fact they were ...

Last day in the Beautiful city

A travel blog entry by i96ssy

... more time for shopping. I ate McDonalds for the first time in Japan as well! It was different to Australia and the chicken was real. We also went to purikura which was a store with so many photobooths that made the photos look so cool. You got to decorate them and finally print them off! It was amazing. Today was a really fun day and I am looking forward to another great day at Takayama tomorrow. Unfortunately it is an early start to tomorrow with departure at ...

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