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Posts tagged takayama

Sarubobo (さるぼぼ)

hidatakayama sarubobo

Sarubobos are not supposed to have a face, but this one did. What is a sarubobo you ask? I had to ask our waitress in Takayama the same question as we saw them all over the place. Her answer was pretty similar to what you will find on wiki.

Takayama

japanese street style restaurant

Our trip to Shirakawago included a night in Takayama (高山市) on the way there and two nights in Kanazawa after visiting Shirakawago. Today’s pic is from Takayama (Hida-Takayama in Gifu Ken).

There are some really old buildings in Takayama. We had a fabulous lunch in the restaurant to the far right of this picture, Kibun (紀文).

And, as you can tell, it rained about half the time we were in Takayama. Traveling during rainy season on a weekday does have its advantages though. We saw very few Japanese tourists. I’m guessing the place is crowded with Japanese tourists on a weekend outside of rainy season or on Japanese holidays.

Takayama is a five and a half hour bus ride from Shinjuku and costs 6,500 yen each way.