It's not every cafe you walk into and step on tortoise shit, but that is what happened to us last weekend. Ana and I went to Gifu-city for the day. We walked all the way up to Gifu castle and the surrounding area. Nearby, we spotted a little cafe called Natural Cafe. It looked like an interesting place so we decided to have lunch there. The cafe is on the second floor of a century old building. The first floor is a little shop, slash, gallery. This is where the tortoise was, running loose around the ground floor and veranda. It was quite strange but very interesting. It does bring up the thought though, that this is a generational pet. The food by the way was great. We had nice Thai green curry, a standard for Japanese hippy cafes.
Gifu castle was interesting even if it is a reconstruction. It was bombed during the war. It was a significant castle in its day, and we could see why. The view from the top was extensive. We could make out Nagoya on the horizon and the views in all directions were astounding. Wish it was a little clearer, summer here is a bit hazy.
Gifu city had more of the feel Ana and I are used to. It reminded us more of where we were before, with the exception of having a lot more older buildings. I have posted some pictures so please go look, that means you Chad!
Have a good time doing whatever it is you are doing.
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Ok, now, seriously. A turtle? Having the 'run' of the place??
That little thing could book. My childhood notions of tortoises and hares is completely shattered.
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