Ryokan Seiryu
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Por los Alpes Japoneses.
... Lo curioso es que los Hombres y las Mujeres tienen sus baños separados y te tienes que bañar como Dios te trajo al mundo, nada de bañadores. Todos juntos como buenos hermanos. El pueblo está bastante bien, conserva unas calles con sus casas tradicionales de madera, con mucho encanto. Algunas de estas casas, son antiguas destilerías de Sake, que todavía funcionan y puedes visitar. Por cierto, hubo que probar la ...
Day 8: Shirakawa-go - Koemon Farmhouse
... her barely 100 pound frame had no issues. Being inside made you really appreciate the ingenious and traditional architecture of the structures. The maze of criss-crossing beams with their thatched roofs all held together by ropes was really interesting to see. But seeing the inside, made me not want to be inside or stand anywhere near it but that's just the paranoid risk adverse city dwelling part of me speaking. Another common feature of these homes is they ...
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
... exceeded our expectations. We knew signing up for the tour that our eyes were in for a treat but what we didn't expect was the interaction we had with the locals. Our first pit stop was a water break at a natural spring, we bumped into two locals, an old lady and a middle aged woman who looked like farmers. They were using the water from the spring to wash the vegetables they have grown and picked. They had a whole wheel barrel full of red radishes and they ...
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 ...