well today is the fifth day in Japan! so this is the first day in Takayama.... never been there before, this is my first time! well gotta say the morning wasnt that good for us.

weather, rainy :-(

ok lets see first up, i took pictures of the view from my hotel room windows, last night was in the dark so today is the morning one!! anyway here are the pics...



Even though it was raining, we braved the winds and storms to the morning market! the going was tough....but we made it....actually the weather was just cold and the winds only aggravated the freezing weather.

oo this pic was taken when i was walking to the morning market over the bridge. if i look straight along the bridge, i would be able to see the morning market!

hmm the morning market was S.M.A.L.L i think it is also because of the rain and i noticed the stuffs that they sold were mainly fruits, vegetables, more of the daily neccesities. so its more for us to look more than to buy.


after looking around for a while, got bored and hungry, so i went to look for food! took some pictures as i walked as usual. walked and walked like crazy but couldn't find any udon store at all! at last, we backtracked and asked shop owners and finally found an udon shop and its economical too!



oo this is the udon shop, think its like the only one that is near to our area, plus i couldnt find any at all around the area, most of the eateries served bread or rice. anyway they serve Hida beef here, its their famous beef and it tastes gooood.... practically every single store sells the Hida beef! its da best beef on Earth!

lol see the one carrying the orange umbrella? thats my mum in her famous pose. :D

inside the shop, the people were soo friendly! geez i never had such good service before! the place is empty and its no ifferent from a home, so you feel so comfortable! although it has many tables and chairs, the small TV really fits into the place so neatly till it looks like a house!

this is what i ordered! their renowned Hida beef, with my favourite udon! seriously their udon is so thick and chewy in such a way that when you chew it off it comes off nicely with a neat tear instead of the ones where we eat in Singapore, when you bite it, they come off into rips.

check this out! the UDON..... wow they are super thick yet chewy! see the size of the udon? now compare it with the chopsticks. the udon is actually so much thicker than the chopsticks! i was like wow..... oh yeah the udon is handmade too!

*drooling....
heres the famous Hida beef, a must try when you go to Japan! after i ate this, i kept on eating Hida beef all the way till the day i left Takayama!

ok you must be wondering what's the problem with me for taking such a picture. hmm.... oh yeah. that umbrella is the umbrella that practically every Japanese use! serious! lots of people are always seen using this umbrella, its like school uniform! super cool!

hmm took more pictures on the way to the Hida Folk village, its a mock village that is a smaller version of the mountain village that we will be going to, Shrakawa-go, which is also under the UNESCO protection....




hehe welcome to toilet time! took a photo as the toilet looks so modern even though it is located in a lonely place. the inside of the toilet is soo clean! you won't believe it man! remeber, its a public toilet!

see? its the men's toilet for goodness sake, i dont and cant go into the women's toilet, 'duh'.

hmm that styrofoam cup is only as big as my hand? it was even smaller....but that was my lunch. really pathetic instant noodles. bleh x.x


ok we took a bus to the Hida Folk Village as the distance was too far away, the bus ride was slightly long, like 20 to 30 mins? oh yeah some of the photos are shaky as the ground was uneven and i was walking while taking pictures, so you know.

this is the outside of the Hida Folk Village, here, you still cant see the village.

okay this is the inside, its so much colder than where we previously were, as in where we boarded the bus.

oh cool....there were pecimens growing on the trees! the pecimen are different as they are really hard and crunchy, something like an apple just that it is easier to bite off a chunk. its like a biscuit?
got no idea where this leads to. O.o just took a picture.


this bell is huge? O.o believe it or not it is a bell that is supposed to bring good luck when you whack it. the thing is that if you whack the bell wouldnt it give away the place where you are to the enemies?? as in during the tribal times....


no idea what is this house for? i remeber every house has a use as in some was for the making of sleds, some for wood chopping blah blah.


just took this at random.

was like breathing out? and since its cold then you can see like 'steam' coming out from your mouth and nose?? after breathing out through my mouth, look what happened to the umbrella....water droplets formed. -_-""

look at the nicely done up firepit! although its small, its hot!


see the temperature? its at.... 3 degrees... o.o

random shot....

don't you think the pond looks real nice? oo see the 2 white spots at the far end of the pond? those are swans! super cool man! this place is so empty and so much colder! reminds me of my freezer back at home!

uh lets see...took this photo just before i exited the place? should have taken picture of it at first before entering, then i know how to walk instead of blindly walking?

nice huh, was on the bus when i saw this house! its like so green..... so well maintained.

same supermarket, same stuffs, bought the same food too.

after this, i went back to the hotel, had instant noodles back at the hotel before having a good bath then station myself in front of the Tv, watched those kinda funny TV show, had a good time laughing before heading to bed!

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