{"id":161,"date":"2013-04-13T23:31:38","date_gmt":"2013-04-13T13:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2013\/?p=161"},"modified":"2013-04-13T23:31:38","modified_gmt":"2013-04-13T13:31:38","slug":"day-16-day-trip-to-shirakawa-go-from-takayama-1342013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2013\/?p=161","title":{"rendered":"Day 16 \u2013Day trip to Shirakawa-go from Takayama. 13\/4\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

After wandering up to the morning markets in an attempt to find something for breakfast, we managed to find a great little coffee just a few minutes\u2019 walk from the hotel. Coffee or hot chocolate and 2 Danishes for about 500 yen ($5). Yum.<\/p>\n

We were then off to Shirakawa-go, a small 16th<\/sup> century village, high in the Japanese Alps, which has been retained as original. It\u2019s a real village, not a recreation, so some of the potential photos are interrupted with modern cars driving past. Some original houses are open as museums, so you can see how they were set up 500 years ago. The houses are steep roofed A-frame buildings, 4 floors and housed up to 30 people.<\/p>\n

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\nBack in Takayama we further explored the San-machi area and Takayama jinya \u2013 the 17th century government building – and found a geocache on the site of the old castle.<\/p>\n

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\nDinner was another great find. We went searching for the Holy Grail. Turns out it\u2019s an Italian restaurant just around the corner from the hotel. Great food \u2013 although you wouldn\u2019t find it without the help of the trusty \u2018Lonely Planet\u2019.<\/p>\n

A short night walk through the san-machi for some photos completed a great day.<\/p>\n

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