Takayama Ryokan Sumiyoshi

... station, collected our luggage and caught the train to Nagoya and then onto Takayama. Our little Ryokan Sumiyoshi at Takayama was entered via a narrow laneway between two shops and seemed quite unprepossessing from the outside, but inside was great with ...

... the 1600's (Edo period).   Our lodging for the night was at a great ryokan (traditional Japanese inn), called Sumiyoshi.  The hospitality of the owners was fantastic and it was just like staying in a museum (although I don't think ...

... it should have taken 15, but it turns out that Clive really can't read a map after all!), we arrive at the Sumiyoshi Ryokan, a traditional guest house which is absolutely stuffed to the rafters with antiques, including a full suit of Samurai armour.  ...

... but actually I had stayed in a youth hostel. The youth hostel has tatami rooms and a permanent futon set up. Our room at the Sumiyoshi Inn had a short table and two 'Japanese flat chairs' set up with some hot water for tea. It's like sitting on the floor ...

... trempé minimum jusqu'à mi cuisse... Des nuages, des nuages, impossible de voir les montagnes!! Qui m'a lancé un sort??? A Takayama, j'ai testé  l'hebergement traditionnel japonais, le ryokan.  Une petite chambre avec vue sur la riviere ...