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Shirakawago Gasshozukuri dinner @ Hisamatsu Minshuku
I’m not normally a big fan of seafood, but this dinner on the evening we spent the night in Shirakawago in a tradional, thatched-roof home was fantastic. I think the local rice was the best I have ever had.
Four Japanese boys fish Kanazawa‘s Asanogawa River
Kamo Shrine (賀茂神社) gate
I’ve said it before, and I’m sure I’ll say it again, but some things are best experienced alone, at a time when the tourists are gone. Such was the case on this evening in Kyoto. Other than myself, there was no one around except a high school couple (probably waiting for me to leave so they could make out). There were also crows, and they were the ultimate reason I left. Japanese crows don’t like me. I have been attacked by them before.
Moments after I took this photo, a thunder cracked so loud that when I glanced at the young couple, they looked at me as if to say, “the three of us aren’t long for this world.” I smiled and headed for my bike. That’s when the crows started doing their thing, and I split before the rain came down in buckets.
Mt. Mitake in Autumn
The fall colors (紅葉) aren’t ripe on Mt. Mitake, near Tokyo, yet, but if you are in or near Tokyo, be sure to head up the mountain in about a month (November 15-30 time frame) for some of nature’s beauty.
Japanese bumble bee Halloween costumes @ the annual parade in Kawasaki
If you happen to be in Japan for Halloween this year (or any year), and you are in or near Tokyo, you may want to check out the festivities in Kawasaki just south of Tokyo. Here is a schedule of this year’s events (most happening on the Saturday night and Sunday before Halloween). There isn’t much besides decorations outside of these events in Kawasaki with regard to Halloween in Japan. No trick or treating and the costume parties are few and far between.
