Takayama
Today was a walking tour of Takayama with a couple of museums in the mix. Takayama was an important lumber distributing area.
There is a an outdoor market along the river we visited first.
It was just fun to stroll along and look at the different things they had for sale. This is very much an agricultural area, so there were lots of fresh vegetables and things like that too.
This photo is from a liquor store. Of course, that’s sake in those little barrels. They had big barrels inside too. I don’t think I could take those on the plane in my carry-on.
Loved this sign.
Next we went up a small street and there’s a Japanese home formerly owned by a wealthy merchant called the Kusakabe Heritage House. You get an idea of the style of the house. Mostly dark, but it surrounds gardens. And of course they have their shrine within the house as well.
Lots of toriis (gateways) to Shinto shrines everywhere you go — large and small.
Our next stop was to the Takayama Festival Float Exhibition. Twice a year they parade these floats around Takayama, in early October and in April, and the rest of the time, they’re housed in buildings. These are a couple of examples. They’re quite elaborate and was once a competition of the merchants of the various districts of the city.
I walked up the many steep stairs to the shrine area. Then I saw this sign. Yikes!
Back onto the streets, we start looking at lunch options which needs to be quick. Um...no.
We saw a rickshaw.
On the bridge we crossed were these 2 statues. One with long legs and one with long arms. It was a collaboration for fishing. The long-legged guy would stand in the water while the long-armed guy stood on his shoulders and caught the fish.
We found a place selling smoothies which tided us over. We were heading to the bus terminal to catch a bus to the Hida Folk Village. It’s a preserved historic site with artisan’s houses/shops, homes of some important people, etc. Complete with thatched roofs.
And rice paddies.
Dan and Gerry both made a wish. You bow, then ring the bell, then wish during its echo.
One of the houses talked about what a wedding would look like. Seems to me the bride’s family would have trouble communicating with the broom’s family.
We left the folk museum and went back to town and our hotel. We needed a break with a brew.
Again we met up for dinner and went to a restaurant serving Hida beef sukiyaki style.
The dipping into the raw egg would have made me hungry again, so I didn’t. But hey, everything else was great!
There is a an outdoor market along the river we visited first.
It was just fun to stroll along and look at the different things they had for sale. This is very much an agricultural area, so there were lots of fresh vegetables and things like that too.
This photo is from a liquor store. Of course, that’s sake in those little barrels. They had big barrels inside too. I don’t think I could take those on the plane in my carry-on.
Loved this sign.
Next we went up a small street and there’s a Japanese home formerly owned by a wealthy merchant called the Kusakabe Heritage House. You get an idea of the style of the house. Mostly dark, but it surrounds gardens. And of course they have their shrine within the house as well.
Lots of toriis (gateways) to Shinto shrines everywhere you go — large and small.
Our next stop was to the Takayama Festival Float Exhibition. Twice a year they parade these floats around Takayama, in early October and in April, and the rest of the time, they’re housed in buildings. These are a couple of examples. They’re quite elaborate and was once a competition of the merchants of the various districts of the city.
I walked up the many steep stairs to the shrine area. Then I saw this sign. Yikes!
Back onto the streets, we start looking at lunch options which needs to be quick. Um...no.
We saw a rickshaw.
On the bridge we crossed were these 2 statues. One with long legs and one with long arms. It was a collaboration for fishing. The long-legged guy would stand in the water while the long-armed guy stood on his shoulders and caught the fish.
We found a place selling smoothies which tided us over. We were heading to the bus terminal to catch a bus to the Hida Folk Village. It’s a preserved historic site with artisan’s houses/shops, homes of some important people, etc. Complete with thatched roofs.
And rice paddies.
Dan and Gerry both made a wish. You bow, then ring the bell, then wish during its echo.
One of the houses talked about what a wedding would look like. Seems to me the bride’s family would have trouble communicating with the broom’s family.
We left the folk museum and went back to town and our hotel. We needed a break with a brew.
Again we met up for dinner and went to a restaurant serving Hida beef sukiyaki style.
The dipping into the raw egg would have made me hungry again, so I didn’t. But hey, everything else was great!
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