{"id":158,"date":"2013-04-12T21:49:52","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T11:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2013\/?p=158"},"modified":"2013-04-15T22:18:29","modified_gmt":"2013-04-15T12:18:29","slug":"day-15-tokyo-to-takayama-1242013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2013\/?p=158","title":{"rendered":"Day 15 \u2013Tokyo to Takayama. 12\/4\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

Up early to pack and head off to the Shinkansen. We learnt an important lesson yesterday getting to Disneyland. We learnt that attempting the Metro during peak hour with suitcases would not be wise. We decided to catch a cab to Shinagawa station.<\/p>\n

Shortly after the train left Tokyo my GPS recorded a speed of 264km\/h. It felt like we were hardly moving it was so smooth. We had a great view of Mt. Fuji from the train \u2013 a much better view than from our expensive Mt Fuji day trip.<\/p>\n

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After changing trains at Nagoya we headed into the mountains. Spectacular scenery (but difficult to photograph through the window of the train.)<\/p>\n

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In Takayama it was freezing. And sort of snowing. After a short walk to the old part of town, San-machi, we went to a Japanese restaurant for dinner, our first Japanese meal. The reason is simple. Japan has as much diversity in food as we do in Australia. Seems they like eating a variety of food (at least in the tourist areas).<\/p>\n

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Sitting writing this we are making comparisons between the size of hotel rooms. We think our entire Takayama room would fit into the bathroom of the Shanghai hotel room.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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