Takayama

This last weekend Bec and Tone came to visit us in Japan. They spent two nights in Nagoya before coming to Kani for a night on Friday. Saturday we headed up to Takayama. We spent one night in a guest house. The guest house was an old building that was relocated to the center of town. It included a nice Japanese dinner and breakfast.

Takayama is also known as little Kyoto due to it's old downtown area. The weather wasn't that great, it rained almost constantly while we were there. The old area was interesting and it was good to see Bec and Tone after so long. We got there by train which was relaxing and the views were beautiful, despite the rain. In fact the rain made it all misty on the trip back. Takayama is up in the hills with steep verdant green valleys all around.

Bec and Tone left to go back to China on the Monday so it was a short but sweet weekend. We are now waiting for friends from the US to come visit in a few weeks. I hope everyone is well. Check out the pics on my flickr sight if you wish.