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After the first three days in Tokyo, we leave the capital management Takayama, a small town of 93,000 inhabitants, located in the Japanese Alps (no, this is not a joke, it is indeed the Japanese Alps!). For this, we take a night bus which has the double advantage of saving us time and money (because during this time, we do not pay the hotel ...). However, we arrive in the morning, a little muddy and tired from a chaotic night: in fact, no luck on the four places allocated, two are almost non recliners because they are located in front of the toilet block (we refilons to children, it is well known, sleep everywhere, which is far from being our case, unworthy parents ....) and to top it off, the bus did not see fit to turn off the lights before midnight and was relit at 3am ...
We expect a decent time to introduce us to the hotel in a small lunch on a bench in the bus station (now we no longer ashamed of anything!) And 7am Typing, arrive for the Zenkoji temple. ice age 4 download This Buddhist temple indeed offers housing at a reasonable price (for Japan ....) and we managed to book a room. This is a charming little temple in the city, and has under its altar, a kind of amazing sacred labyrinth, the Kaidan Meguri. To read the presentation of the temple and Kaidan Meguri, click the link website Zenkoji temple Takayama
We are delighted with our new home and start to explore the city. Detour to the market irradiated vegetables (still no side effects from the massive ingestion of mushrooms the other night ...)
We start by visiting Takayama Jinya seat of government of the former province in the period of 1692-1868 Shoguns. To administer the areas of the province, collecting taxes and which also served as court:
The set is interesting and again, ice age 4 download revealing a culture so different. We go to the neighborhood that is famous Takayama Sanmachi Suji. There is a row of shopping streets, 17th century kept their ancient atmosphere:
Time to go back and find ourselves Calixte hands in the gutter, very interested in the exhaust ice age 4 download system of water (it must be said that our children have gained freedom ice age 4 download a bit extreme for this trip, and now arrived in Japan where everything is very polished, it gets a bit annoying ...)
We have scoured the many historic Takayama and we end the afternoon by traveling Teramachi district temples.Un trail winds through a dozen temples surrounded by beautifully crafted gardens
We arrived late morning in Kanazawa where we win on the Pongyi Guest House (website Pongyi), small wooden house along a canal maintained ice age 4 download by the very friendly and mischievous Masaki who like to photograph us on the "balcony "his house:
The house is adorable, incredibly landscaped maximizing space while providing all the comfort and refinement of the Japanese. This is curious, since the beginning, we just like living in dollhouses!
The set is meticulously clean and friendly owner, a former banker turned Buddhist monk and then converted in the hotel for several years, is an unusual character that adds to the attraction of the place. In short, the guest house is also turning a once great home again (for now, we have not been disappointed since our arrival in Japan). We walk along the canal to reach the city center.
We finally make our choice (no real surprises, just a glouille the middle of a ball but it was the dish that Edgar is not difficult, it ...). Hop, hop, we're going on the run to Kanazawa Castle. This one dates from the 16th century and has been repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt identically.
Back to the guest house, Masaki undertakes to prepare a granite children. For this, the Japanese technology ice age 4 download has obviously developed the ideal material: namely, a kind of blender that crushes ice very fine:
Too good ... I'm impressed (but took up with the idea to do something like that? ... It amazes me). For who wants to know a little more: Origami But no time to marvel at the crane that Masaki (he had also be host to Club Med is not possible), we embark on preparations for a fire Fireworks house. Unpacking festive food with other customers ice age 4 download Pongyi:
Saturday, July 30, we emerge a little later .. Small glance in passing, on the very modern and very successful