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Day 17: Snow in Shirakawago

A travel blog entry by apat

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... This whole exercise would have been a lot quicker had it just snowed on Monday like I wanted it to.

After a few more pointless bus stops (with nobody getting on or off, and just Driver-San writing in his log book) we pulled off the highway and drove down the little road to Shirakawago. A UNESCO world heritage listed site, the village sat nestled in a valley with massive mountains, and a very un-traditional bus terminal right in the middle. Still, ...

Zen Tempel und Konsum Tempel

A travel blog entry by global.nomads

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... There is a similar situation with motorcycles. I always thought Suzuki, Kawasaki, Honda and Yamaha were mainly produced for the demands of the western market. I was completely wrong. No where in the western world are there as many motorcycles on the road as there are in Japan. We were even told that Japan, after America, is the second largest buyers of Harley Davidson. When I saw the first biker gang passing the farm I was stunned: look at this a girl gang…only after ...

Castle Town (minus the castle)

A travel blog entry by little-general

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... spring, there was a mountain of different types of fruit available for sale. On the other hand, the multitude of different seafood was crazy, they had everything from the local, seasonal fish to a variety of shellfish and crabs to seaweed. Not to mention the oysters on steroids...they are about 4 times the size of a Sydney Rock Oyster...just as tasty though! As usual, the six of us managed to spend a fair amount of time, wandering through all the food....however we managed to ...

Centre of Japan

A travel blog entry by little-general

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In the morning, we dropped by the house to collect some homemade veggies for the party and bode farewell to the family before heading off on the expressway through the center of Japan. The scenery which was visible from the car were glimpses from my past, the river, bridges and mountains which I had driven past when going to the snow. Even the houses in the country towns looked the same, albeit a little bit aged. Eventually we passed Gujo Hachiman, ...

Hakusan Super Rindo Forest Road & Shirakawa-go

A travel blog entry by misocutlet

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... and visited only the Kandas' house. The house was built by the second son of the Wadas, the most powerful family of the village. It was large enough to spend 20 minutes in, but the inside of the house was not so different from that of the Wadas' house. The house was four-story building of which the first floor was used for living and the others were for sericulture. On our way back to the parking lot, we picked up sweets for my aunt and colleagues of ...

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