Travel : JAPAN 2014 [throwback] part 3

On this day I 'm heading to a far place that located in middle of Japan that called Takayama 高山.

If need to head to this place the better way is you need to arrive Nagoya 名古屋 and then take a Hida train about 2 hours + crossing some mountains and arrive here.

Is a city surrounding by several mountains.

I love this place especially when new year or any others event some special thing will crossing this few bridge.

 

 And this is the background location of anime "Hyouka" and a lot of stuff in some market shop.

 Shop lot road

 I 'm very love this Hida beef taste, that's  really good!

dango

 dango stall, an old woman sell this, nice taste.

 bridge

 when I arrive this place keep raining.

 shooting sepia photo in rain

 police station beside the bridge

 some black and white shooting with those old houses

 the other side of bridge

and this is my lunch ... a bit late to lunch almost dinner time

 at night

 I love this red bridge

 Miyagawa morning market location, at night is nothing.

 so have some walk at night are nothing to see accept silent, most of people of Takayama stay at home after 8pm, and is a bit cold even is summer.

the next morning, since I m waiting for buses time, I walk around again before head to next location.
The red bridge in morning

 today is a bit dusk

 flower

 Miyagawa river

 lot of fisher in that river

 colored bridge

 after that I took a 1 hour buses from Takayama to Shirakawa
Shirakawa is a historical village that very famous in Japan and world.
I have been here before in 2013 March, this place is still full of snow.
The summer fresh air I will never forget what I feel while I just step out from bus.
And take a deep breath.

 Photoshooting from hill beside of the village

 Gasso village, gasso in Japanese mean 2 hand palm paste together, that hand language

 moutains

main street in village

 historical houses

a huge red dragonfly stop beside me while I m taking photo.

 and then, I go down to the village, which need to walk cross this hanging bridge to enter the village.

 weather become nicer

 what a clean drain, it is drain, got FISH !!!

what a big SALMON fish in DRAIN

 I love this place, I hope to spend a night here but normally this place are fully booking always.

 Bye Shirakawa

to be continue in part 4