[ Mar.2016 ] My family in Japan had been saying that we should visit Boso-no-Mura open air museum in Chiba in Japan and finally we did. It is a huge place with …

[ Mar.2016 ] We had a few hours before taking the train, so we walked a bit in Gero town in Japan. It was sunny but the wind was very cold. We saw a …

The Takayama Festival in Hida Takayama, Japan is famous for its gorgeous floats called Yaytai. They have the festivals twice a year in spring and autumn, but the meanings and Yatais are different each time.

In Hida Takayama in Japan, we saw this doll called Sarubobo many times. It seemed the mascot of the town. This was my second visit to Takayama after about 20 years and I do not remember seeing this doll last time, so probably it started recently.

On the second day in Hida Takayama in Japan, we reluctantly started off to the town from the hotel room which we had to check out at 10am, though to be hoenest, since we ate and drank too much the night before, we wanted to stay in bed.

We went to Takayama from Shirakawago in Japan by bus. What I was looking forward to in Takayama was…

After enjoying the village in Shirakawago in Japan, we crossed the river to get to the the side of the bus stops.

We went into the houses of Gassho style (houses with large steep thatched roof) in Shirakawago in Japan. Kanda’s and Wada’s are open to the public with the charge of 300 yen each.

[ Mar.2016 ] A la mañana siguiente, visitamos la Villa Ogimachi en Shirakawago, Japón, que está catalogada como Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la Unesco. Llevábamos todo lo que teníamos pensando ya que pensamos que…