Country Hotel Takayama
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Por los Alpes Japoneses.
Desde Hiroshima pusimos al rumbo norte. Hemos estado un par de días, entre Kanazawa y Takayama, la costa oeste y la zona centro, los Alpes Japoneses. En Kanazawa tuvimos la suerte de conocer a un grupo de Japoneses, que nos recibieron con una cena de bienvenida, totalmente inesperada y que resultó inolvidable. A la casa donde estábamos iba llegando gente, con comida y bebida, que resulta que venían a conocer a guiris. Y todos ...
Day 8: Shirakawa-go - Koemon Farmhouse
... new looking straw tatami floors. There was even a big screen tv in the dining room. Our room was traditional tatami style and followed the same high quality decor. Definitely a lot nicer than what we stayed in at Nikko. To start, we had a low table set up with tea and snacks in the centre of the room. After dinner, the table was moved to the side and futon beds were set up and made for us on the floor. One of the walls was made up of four wooden panels ...
Day 7: Rainy Day in Old Town
... leave me alone so I can start eating. Boy did he prove me wrong. The chef passionately explained the 3 ways to eat tempura to us. First just dipping a sweetened soy sauce which is the only way we do it. Second is dipping the tempura in salt. Third is with a salt and curry powder mix. Which dip to use is determined by the type of tempura which the chef told us his recommendation for each piece. Although everything was fried, it did not feel heavy at all. Not sure how he did it ...
Day 6: Takayama - Old Town and Bike Tour
... situation by commenting, "I'm sure this happens all the time. I'm sure other people have wiped out on the tour before". To my fear, Hiso remained silent and politely turned around and smiled and said "no never happen". Wow that did not turn out as planned. Not knowing what else to say I looked at bon and said "at least you're number 1". Time flew by and we were losing sunlight. By 5 o'clock we were back at the office which signalled the end of our fun eye-opening tour. ...
Takayama temples mainly
... There were lots of folk crowded in to the old narrow streets, lined with souvenir shops and kiosks selling local snacks.
As there was not anywhere to eat near our inn, we stayed in town and had an early dinner in a kind of French-Italian crossover restaurant. There they prided themselves on their pumpkin pudding, which we also tried. It was a bit like pumpkin cheesecake.
Back at the inn, a coach load had ...