Hida Hotel Plaza Takayama

... when cooked a unique melty experience. Yes i am raving but i'm serious, it was that good and if anything, i've never tasted anything like it. Go gastro-tourism!<br><br>The next day was our day of hardcore sightseeing which included going to see the traditional folk village which has reconstructions of various traditional houses, and examples of traditional art such as exceptional woodcutting, in a beautiful country setting. Also on the list were: the old style ...

... me laver quand meme. <br><br>Demain nous partons pour Hyroshima. Nous aurons plusieurs heures de train a faire. Entre Tokyo et Takayama, ce n'etait que 4 heures mais demain, c'est plus. Je ne sais pas si ce sera avec le train haute vitesse. Je ne vous en ai pas parle mais c'est vraiment fameux ! On ne sent pas la vitesse sauf quand on va aux toilettes. La, il faut se tenir.<br> <br>Je vous reparle bientot.<br><br>Elo xx <br><br>

... and the kanji for shochu and nihonshu are very similar. I certainly didn&#8217;t want to drink a big bottle of shochu (we had a train to catch the next day, yo), so we ended up getting some nigori, since we were sure of what it was. Drank it back in our room, watching a reality TV show about an apprentice sushi chef. Kinda cool; nigori was ok.<br><br>08.23.09<br><br> Last breakfast at Banri. L A &#8220;well-done ...

... student.....being that we are soooo far behind, this will be - a picture is worth a thousand words...enjoy the pictures. Your students/children are doing great...we have been sleeping Japanese style on the floor for six nights and are anxious to move on to Hiroshima for real beds and bathrooms in our room. We have been taking the Japanese style baths every night!!...<br> Gosh, hard to believe our trip is almost over!!!

... she owns the whole of japan, this going on the " if i like it it's mine, if i see it's mine" principle.<br>i love you sweetheart. we both miss you both. i'm getting some stares here, so i need to go. i'll try to get on computer tonite. have to do laundry too. <br>i'll tell tim about orientation stuff. that was very thoughtful of you. <br>miss you much, you too kate :)<br>love you forever, like you for always<br>mom

A Takayama on loge dans un temple, plutot sympa ! La ville est assez touristique et on comprend pourquoi : elle regorge de temples, vieilles batisses, distilleries de sake. Il y a beaucoup d'artisanat local : bois laque, sculptures, herbes sechees... Les sobas (nouille) au sarasin sont la specialite du coin et on approuve ;-) Toujours impossible d'aller a Kamikochi, meme de ce cote. On declare donc forfait et on part vers le sud...

... the storm would lighten up, if only for a moment so I could see some of the mountains I knew were around us. But it was not to be. This cannot be sugarcoated--it was completely miserable, probably the worst hike I have ever done. No good sights, huge gusts of wind roaring down the river valley, ice on you eyeballs and despite my best efforts of avoiding the slush puddles and pond-like potholes, walking in ice cold socks was not pleasant in the least. Plus when I ...

... quarter, traditional foods like dango, kushiyaki and grilled river fish. All in all, despite missing the night parade, lots of fun and I'm glad I got to see at least part of it. And then massive traveling took place. Caught the last possible train from Takamaya (crowded as expected--I had to sit in the luggage compartment), connect within 15 minutes at Nagoya for the bullet train to Tokyo, tranfer stations at Tokyo, and then catch the overnight ...

Takayama is a small, traditional town up high in the mountains. We wandered around some old style houses and government buildings amongst quaint lanes next to the river. Quite interesting and then visited a sort of open air museum which had a collection of very old farm houses with very steep roofs so the snow doesn't collect on top. Very pretty but no snow now of course - quite hot in fact.

... a trance song that starts out with some beat. When it began she asked, "This is music?" and I responded, "Mmhmm..." and she said, "Oh! I can play music too!" and started knocking on the nightstand. The next song is a reggeaton song and said the beginning of it sounded like a Tibetan song. Next, she said listening to it makes you want to dance, and I nodded and said, "Yea, they dance a lot in Latin America..." I do wish she'd stop asking me what they're saying in the ...