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Ready to fly

2009-11-05T23:32:00.001-08:00

At gate for flight Tokyo to Seattle as the sun sets

Great day to fly

2009-11-05T20:52:00.001-08:00

Sky deck at Nagoya airport

Yummy lunch

2009-11-05T20:03:00.001-08:00

Oishii lunch at my favorite cafe at Nagoya airport WA no MA

To Centrair Airport

2009-11-05T15:57:00.001-08:00

On the train to the airport in Nagoya

Tsumago

2009-11-04T22:00:00.001-08:00

柿と菊...きれいです!
Kaki to kiku...kirei desu!
Persimmon and Chrysanthemum...beautiful!

Mountain view on the Nakasendo Way

2009-11-04T18:04:00.000-08:00

The view of peaks from Magome serves as a reminder that Japan is 70 percent mountainous.

Big city sights in Nagoya

2009-11-04T13:55:00.001-08:00

Roof top garden 14 stories above the street and a spiraling skyscraper dazzle the eyes in Nagoya

Morning at traditional inn

2009-11-03T19:40:00.001-08:00

At breakfast at a traditional inn in Ogimachi village, Shirakawa-go. Ogimachi is the largest of the Shirakawa-go villages.

Entrance to Shinto Shrine

2009-11-03T16:41:00.000-08:00

At Shirakawa-go.

Thatched roof house with harvested rice

2009-11-03T16:40:00.001-08:00

A typical scene on a beautiful, blue-sky day at Shirakawa-go. The Shirakawa-go area has been inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List at the "Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama" World Heritage Site. The houses you see are known as "gassho-zukuri" houses. The name refers to the similarity of the shape of the steeply-pitched roofs to the shape of hands folded in prayer ("gassho"). Here, in the village of Ogimachi, silkworms were once raised under the rafters.

Music in the mountains

2009-11-03T15:41:00.001-08:00

Shamisen concert at breakfast by our hostess at Yoshiro House, Shirakawa-go.

Shirakawa no asa-gohan

2009-11-03T14:46:00.000-08:00

Asa-gohan (breakfast) in Shirakawa-go.

Rice Field, Shirakawago

2009-11-02T23:08:00.001-08:00

Rice field and thatched farm building in the village.

Flower fest

2009-11-02T17:48:00.001-08:00

Kiku or Chrysanthemum display

Sarubobo Amy in Japan

2009-11-02T16:58:00.001-08:00

Amy as a sarubobo. Sarubobo ("baby monkey") is a Japanese amulet associated with the town of Takayama. The sarubobo protects its possessor from harm and insures a good marriage and good children. Traditionally made out of red cloth, sarubobos today come in many colors with each color signifying something different: green for good health, yellow for luck with money, blue for luck with work and study...

Glory of the Morning

2009-11-02T16:43:00.001-08:00

Asagao, or morning glory, in Takayama.
朝顔に
釣瓶とられて
もらいみず

Snow in Takayama

2009-11-02T13:48:00.001-08:00

It is snowing in Takayama! 雪が降っている!

And more...

2009-11-02T02:05:00.001-08:00

Sukiyaki cooked and ready to eat, and sushi too!

Next...

2009-11-02T01:53:00.001-08:00

Now sukiyaki...

Feast, Third Round

2009-11-02T01:48:00.001-08:00

Third course: Hida beef cooked ourselves on a personal grill.

The Feast Continues...

2009-11-02T01:46:00.001-08:00

Second course: beef and catfish carpaccio.

Hida Feast

2009-11-02T01:21:00.001-08:00

First course: duck egg, cod roe, fiddle head fern, and clam. Yum!

Hida Puzzle

2009-11-01T23:55:00.001-08:00

Puzzle of Chidorigoushi at the Hida Folk Museum.

Master Candle Maker

2009-11-01T22:49:00.001-08:00

Mishima-san is a seventh generation candle maker in Hida Furukawa in Gifu Prefecture.