After not getting any breakfast because we were too late (breakfast was served between 7 and 9 o’clock in the morning) we walked to the Miyagawa morning market along the Miyagawa river. Unfortunately only a few stalls were present as it was raining quite a bit. We then had our breakfast with skewers and buns. At 12:50 we took the bus to Shirawa-go. It crosses all the mountains through modern and sometimes very long tunnels (one of them was 10,7 km). Upon arrival we went to check-in in our guesthouse Hisamatsu which was a traditional basic Japanese wooden rural house. Our room was composed of the a low heated table (called kotatsu) and a gas heater. We had to sit on the tatami-carpets with lots of blankets. The bathroom was communal as well as the shower that was only activated between 16:30 and 21:00 hours. Our shoes were to be left behind the entrance door and we had to wear slippers. But when you go to the toilet, you have to change your slippers to ones proper for that. Delicious dinner with the other guests in a fireplace heated room. When we got back to our rooms, our “beds” were ready: a futon was on the floor with the feet to be put under the kotatsu table…
- Takayama
- Takayama
- Takayama
- Takayama
- Shirakawa-go Bus Station
- Shirakawa-go; Our Room
- Shirakawa-go
- Shirakawa-go
- Shirakawa-go
- Shirakawa-go Restaurant
- Shirakawa-go
- Shirakawa-go Dinner
- Shirakawa-go Dinner
- Shirakawa-go