Washington Plaza Takayama
5-20 Hanasatomachi Takayama, Gifu, Chubu, 506-0026, Japan
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Day 17: Snow in Shirakawago
The final day in Nagoya today. We were planning on sleeping in, leisurely packing up and venturing down to Kobe for a relaxing day. We could not have deviated from the plan much more if we'd wanted to.
I've been watching the weather reports for any chances of snow that were within reasonable visiting distances. We came close to seeing snow in Takayama at the start of the week, but even though it was cold enough, no snow fell.
According to ...
Day 14: Hida Folk Village and the best burger ever
... novelty this time. Plus it was too cold to slow down, so we kept walking.
It may sound pretty stupid, but I'd read lots of reviews about a "hole in the wall" burger place called Centre4 Hamburgers in Takayama, that I really wanted to try (http://tiger-center4.com/). Since we were walking through Takayama at around lunchtime, we decided to give it a go.
First impressions, I'll admit, weren't ...
Shin-Hotaka Onsen & Ropeway
On the second day of our trip to Takayama, I woke up at five in the morning and took a bath in an outdoor hot spring. Then we left our hotel at nine for the Shin-Hothaka Ropeway, the most popular sight of the area. Unfortunately, it was raining at the time. When we were waiting for a bus at the gate of the hotel, a hotel staffer came and offered a free ride to the ropeway station. We were amazed at their great service, accepting ...
Day 13: Onsen and simmering sashimi in Takayama
... half of your body slowly roasts in the super-heated air conditioning. I'm not sure why the Japanese have their rooms/trains/restaurants so hot, but again the stifling heat was unnecessary. Once our host had left the room, we switched the air conditioning down from high heat, turned off our under-table header, and opened a window to bring the ambient air temperature down to a breathable level.
The ryokan that we are staying in is set ...



