去購物及休息了一日之後我們再次環遊日本的觀光點. 雖然我是日本動遊迷但因小時候看了許多關於日本的文化及旅遊節目我對日本的文化也有興趣. 所以我決定去鄉村看看. 本來想去郡上八幡因為許多人說白川鄉似拍劇的建築多. 裏面只是店舖. 但因列爲世界遺産所以決定去. 而且附近有飛驒, 古川. 有時間可到那裡看看. 一早7點坐第一班往高山的Hida Wide View火車出發. 這火車可用JR Pass但要訂位. 第一班沒綠色頭等位, 多外國遊客, 很吵... 本地日本人一定不喜歡 ^^; 由名古屋火車是2.5小時, 巴士1.5但火車多景看. 白川鄉沒許多巴士出入所...
Ghibli goods are never far away....
Don't know how long we walked for but we walked at quite a quick pace and it was supposed to be a 30 min leisurely hike up....
Our destination today was Kyoto because we wanted to see the more traditional side of Japan. Tokyo wasn't always the capital. It's a tradition for wherever the emperor dwells to become the capital and before Tokyo, it was Kyoto. Kyoto was the second capital of Japan between 794 - 1868. Early morning - well, not really early. Just...
Update: 16th Oct 2024...
Youkai all over the house. Otoroshi stands guard, a Youkai that goes after trouble makers apparently and won't hesitate to drop its heavy weight on them....
Since our hotel was in Tokyo, I decided we would visit Senso-ji first which was in Asakusa. Always see the temple in travel programmes about Japan with its giant red lanterns. We went out the wrong exit at Shibuya Station on the night we arrived so, we didn't really get to see the famous crossing during the night. This time we did early in...
I grew up with a lot of things from Japan even though I was born in the UK because my relatives would always send VHS tapes full of dubbed Japanese TV programmes and other goodies. For that reason I've always had this amazing image of Japan - a beautiful country where the old and new live in harmony, technology and lots of weird and wonderful...
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