Hida Takayama is a special place.......and we thought the other towns were well manacured. Today we visited Hida no sato (Hida folk town) and spent a good couple of hours there appreciating the beautiful clear day, nature and the Edo period houses and shrines(1600s). The crafters were so good that they were fetched far and wide for castle and temple building which exempted the town from tax for they contribution to society. They're work here became known country wide and a sort after style. They became masters and taught their work on to others. A word was created just to categorise and name their style.
We were able to see and appreciate the huge Japanese Alps with their white chocolate icing :) It was very special. We hope our shots turn out ok on Erin's camera but you really need a great camera with big zoom for this area. No real zoom on my 5mp phone camera that's for sure.
Tomorrow we've been inspired to visit a Stalagtite cave and the massive ropeway if we have time. Very scary but worth it. Takes an hour & half to get there, then 2 hours return in a double decker viewing car on cables to the top of the moutains for a spectacular view of the Hida Alps.
We spent ages this arvo in the Takayama old town shops today looking at beautiful Hida Laquerware, fans, parasoles, chopsticks, toys and beautiful timber crafts from the local area. Mesmering how much time they have spent making their shops into an experience rather than just a store. Little places of zen? You could easily feel justified spending a lot here on handiwork. We grabbed a few things here, u can definately feel you're helping out a family in doing so as well.
However we saw a table top made from a beautiful piece of local timber for 1,250,000 JPY. That's almost $15,000. It actually looked worth it too.
We finished today with fun times of Erin going crazy from shopping too much. Then deciding she wanted to eat at a strange restaurant that we met some Brisbanites in. We ordered what looked to be a pork, vegetable & noodle dish, but it turned out to be we think either stomach lining, intestine lining or something we can't imagine. Erin gagged and we ended up swapping meals lol awwwwww. I ate most of it until the hairyness looking lining got to me. She decided to buy a can of "Slat" on the way home. Hence the photo.
We were able to see and appreciate the huge Japanese Alps with their white chocolate icing :) It was very special. We hope our shots turn out ok on Erin's camera but you really need a great camera with big zoom for this area. No real zoom on my 5mp phone camera that's for sure.
Tomorrow we've been inspired to visit a Stalagtite cave and the massive ropeway if we have time. Very scary but worth it. Takes an hour & half to get there, then 2 hours return in a double decker viewing car on cables to the top of the moutains for a spectacular view of the Hida Alps.
We spent ages this arvo in the Takayama old town shops today looking at beautiful Hida Laquerware, fans, parasoles, chopsticks, toys and beautiful timber crafts from the local area. Mesmering how much time they have spent making their shops into an experience rather than just a store. Little places of zen? You could easily feel justified spending a lot here on handiwork. We grabbed a few things here, u can definately feel you're helping out a family in doing so as well.
However we saw a table top made from a beautiful piece of local timber for 1,250,000 JPY. That's almost $15,000. It actually looked worth it too.
We finished today with fun times of Erin going crazy from shopping too much. Then deciding she wanted to eat at a strange restaurant that we met some Brisbanites in. We ordered what looked to be a pork, vegetable & noodle dish, but it turned out to be we think either stomach lining, intestine lining or something we can't imagine. Erin gagged and we ended up swapping meals lol awwwwww. I ate most of it until the hairyness looking lining got to me. She decided to buy a can of "Slat" on the way home. Hence the photo.
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