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Ready to fly

noreply@blogger.com (Amy) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:32:00 +0000

At gate for flight Tokyo to Seattle as the sun sets

Great day to fly

noreply@blogger.com (Amy) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:52:00 +0000

Sky deck at Nagoya airport

Yummy lunch

noreply@blogger.com (Amy) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:03:00 +0000

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

To Centrair Airport

noreply@blogger.com (Amy) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:57:00 +0000

On the train to the airport in Nagoya

Tsumago

noreply@blogger.com (Amy) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:00:00 +0000

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

Mountain view on the Nakasendo Way

noreply@blogger.com (Amy) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:04:00 +0000

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

Big city sights in Nagoya

noreply@blogger.com (Amy) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:55:00 +0000

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

Morning at traditional inn

noreply@blogger.com (Amy) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:40:00 +0000

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

Entrance to Shinto Shrine

noreply@blogger.com (Amy) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:41:00 +0000

At Shirakawa-go.

Thatched roof house with harvested rice

noreply@blogger.com (Amy) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:40:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Amy) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:41:00 +0000

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

Shirakawa no asa-gohan

noreply@blogger.com (Amy) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:46:00 +0000

Asa-gohan (breakfast) in Shirakawa-go.

Rice Field, Shirakawago

noreply@blogger.com (Amy) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:08:00 +0000

Rice field and thatched farm building in the village.

Flower fest

noreply@blogger.com (Amy) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:48:00 +0000

Kiku or Chrysanthemum display

Sarubobo Amy in Japan

noreply@blogger.com (Amy) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:58:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Amy) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:43:00 +0000

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

Snow in Takayama

noreply@blogger.com (Amy) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:48:00 +0000

It is snowing in Takayama! 雪が降っている!

And more...

noreply@blogger.com (Amy) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:05:00 +0000

Sukiyaki cooked and ready to eat, and sushi too!

Next...

noreply@blogger.com (Amy) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:53:00 +0000

Now sukiyaki...

Feast, Third Round

noreply@blogger.com (Amy) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:48:00 +0000

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

The Feast Continues...

noreply@blogger.com (Amy) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:46:00 +0000

Second course: beef and catfish carpaccio.

Hida Feast

noreply@blogger.com (Amy) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:21:00 +0000

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

Hida Puzzle

noreply@blogger.com (Amy) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:55:00 +0000

Puzzle of Chidorigoushi at the Hida Folk Museum.

Master Candle Maker

noreply@blogger.com (Amy) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:49:00 +0000

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