Spa Hotel Alpina Hidatakayama
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Por los Alpes Japoneses.
... de la mesa, eso sí, en el suelo. Yo ya no sabía como ponerme. Pero a pesar de esa pequeña incomodidad estuvo genial. De las conversaciones ya ni hablo, os podéis imaginar, salvo dos personas, los demás de ingles nada. Y por si eso fue poco, a la mañana siguiente, Motoko y un ¨Julián¨ auténtico, nos acompañaron a visitar la ciudad. Es sorprendente y a la vez reconfortante, que gente que ...
Day 8: Shirakawa-go - Koemon Farmhouse
... floors and eating several of the dishes. In particular, the pan fried whole fish we were served. They gave us a demo on how it should be eaten. With your chopsticks, you initiate a beat down on the already dead and cooked fish to soften the meat and loosen the bones. When tenderized, you twist the head and the entire spine goes with it. Or at least that's what is suppose to happen. Bon tried and only got about a third of the spine to come out with the fish ...
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
Alright almost at Takayama. Holy **** there's so much snow on the ground. O Oh, we might be in trouble, this is something we were not expecting and are definitely not packed for. Should be interesting...stay tuned. So we're back in our hotel now and just lounging around after our beautiful first day in Takayama. When we first got off the train and saw the snow on the ground, we grabbed each others hands and traded looks of fear and disappointment. But it turned out to be a ...