Suprise

Well, I've got an hour to kill so I figured I might as well post again. It seems that the last morning express train from here left at 8 and the next local train leaves at 10:20.



So, when I last left you we were in Takayama. The trip here required us to take the Shinkansen to Nagoya and to then catch a local express. The local train runs next to a river gorge (the name escapes me) and is very scenic.



Yesterday we spent the whole day wandering the town. We hit the morning markets, Takayama Jinya, The City Museum, Yoshijima Heritage house, Sakurayama Nikko Hall, and the Festival Floats hall.




As we went back and forth we wandered through the Sanmachi and Shimoninomachi Preservation areas. Imagine, if you will, streets as they were 200 years ago. The only real difference was the cars and the blacktop roads (instead of dirt).



I wish we could have gotten rooms here over the weekend. But since it's Golden week, and Takayama is a resort town, we were forced to Toyama. Still, we're going back in a bit :)

That's it for now. I'm going to try to get some photos uploaded before we have to leave.