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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 7: Rainy Day in Old Town
... traditional Japanese dining experience where we had to sit on tatami mats for our meal. Fortunately we read up on the rules for appropriate sitting styles so we would be prepared for this scenario. Or at least we thought we were prepared. Bon got on her knees in the upright position and I proceeded with crossing my legs on a thin mat on top the tatami floor. I would say our compliance with Japanese customs lasted about 10 seconds. Bon assumed the man's sitting position, ...
Day 6: Takayama - Old Town and Bike Tour
... about 5 years old, were walking home in their matching school uniforms. We biked along side them for a little while and Hiso explained to them that we were visiting from Canada. I'm not sure what history the little boy had with Canadians or if he misunderstood that Canada meant devils from hell because in a high pitched prepuberty scream, he yelled out "AHHHHHHH CAN-A-DA!!!!!!!!!" and ran ahead leaving the girls behind and disappearing around the corner. The girls stuck ...
Yosemite of Japan: Kamikochi
Our next destination was Takayama, southwest of Tokyo by a few hours.
We spent our days here in an old guesthouse where the lights went out at 10pm, which meant that we were getting our beauty sleep!
Renting bikes and hiking through the gorgeous Japanese alps was definitely ...
Change of Pace
September 21 - 23 Tokyo + Takayama
The weather continues to be hot. Most days since we have been in Japan have been at or close to 30 degrees. Rain has been scattered here and there but hasn’t stopped us from getting out.
Bryan and Graeme are making the most of Tokyo’s night life and returning to the house quite late.
Graeme and I were interested in seeing a sumo tournament that is currently in town so ...
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