Day 5
It's all about Takayama today~ Its a drive to Takayama Old Town, then to our onsen hotel for the night in the middle of Hida-Takayama~
The drive today is short and easy, which gives us more than ample time to enjoy the streets of Takayama Old Town as well as an early check-in so we can have a nice outdoor onsen dip after we check in.
I really enjoyed Takayama~ It's got such old world charm but everything was so clean and neat~ The best thing I enjoyed about Takayama was the streetfood! Wah seh~ The amount of delicious street food this place managed to squeeze into one stretch basically caused us to have our lunch while standing up~ LOL~
The cold weather really helped with the appetite~ but it also helped with the walking after the food~ Clean, flat and neatly organized streets made it such a joy to talk around the old streets and taking in the sights and atmosphere. Along the way there was a few shops that offered free sake/miso soup so we gladly obliged~
We spent around 3 hours in Takayama before we continued our journey to our hotel for the night~ As we drove deeper into Hida-Takayama, the scenery started to change~
Our lodging for the night was at 奥飛騨温泉郷 穂高荘 山月 (Hodakaso Sangetsu)
Now the thing about this hotel... is the fact that it has a mixed outdoor onsen! (One more item on the bucket list checked!)
The outdoor onsen is situated on one side of the valley so it offers a magnificent view of the opposite mountains~
And as with all onsen lodging in Japan, its the dinner I look forward to the most~
For this stay package, it also came with A5-ranked Hida beef~
And we were still in time for some Ayu 鮎 fish!
After dinner all of us were so satisfied and tired that no one tempted to venture outside to challenge the outdoor onsen for one more time~ We did take a stroll outside the hotel and it was starting to snow. And that gave us the sight below:
Breakfast was just as wow~ but unfortunately I was still trying to digest the food from the previous day...
After breakfast we still had some time before checking out so we took a walk outside the hotel. The scenery of the entire place basically changed overnight~ The fresh snow with the last of the autumn leaves gave the place very fresh and vibrant colors~ Everybody loved the cool crisp air~
Next stop will be Shirakawa-go and Kanazawa!
See the rest of the trip below:
It's all about Takayama today~ Its a drive to Takayama Old Town, then to our onsen hotel for the night in the middle of Hida-Takayama~
The drive today is short and easy, which gives us more than ample time to enjoy the streets of Takayama Old Town as well as an early check-in so we can have a nice outdoor onsen dip after we check in.
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| Hello Takayama~ |
I really enjoyed Takayama~ It's got such old world charm but everything was so clean and neat~ The best thing I enjoyed about Takayama was the streetfood! Wah seh~ The amount of delicious street food this place managed to squeeze into one stretch basically caused us to have our lunch while standing up~ LOL~
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| 1. Hida Beef meat bun for a start~ |
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| 2. Beef Croquette next! |
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| 3. Skewered BBQ Beef~ Yum! |
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| 4. Beef Stew~ |
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| 5. Hida Beef Burger! |
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| 6. Finished off with Pudding from this shop! |
The cold weather really helped with the appetite~ but it also helped with the walking after the food~ Clean, flat and neatly organized streets made it such a joy to talk around the old streets and taking in the sights and atmosphere. Along the way there was a few shops that offered free sake/miso soup so we gladly obliged~
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| J fascinated by the small fishes in the drain... the water was very clear! |
We spent around 3 hours in Takayama before we continued our journey to our hotel for the night~ As we drove deeper into Hida-Takayama, the scenery started to change~
Our lodging for the night was at 奥飛騨温泉郷 穂高荘 山月 (Hodakaso Sangetsu)
Now the thing about this hotel... is the fact that it has a mixed outdoor onsen! (One more item on the bucket list checked!)
The outdoor onsen is situated on one side of the valley so it offers a magnificent view of the opposite mountains~
And as with all onsen lodging in Japan, its the dinner I look forward to the most~
For this stay package, it also came with A5-ranked Hida beef~
And we were still in time for some Ayu 鮎 fish!
After dinner all of us were so satisfied and tired that no one tempted to venture outside to challenge the outdoor onsen for one more time~ We did take a stroll outside the hotel and it was starting to snow. And that gave us the sight below:
Wow~
Breakfast was just as wow~ but unfortunately I was still trying to digest the food from the previous day...
After breakfast we still had some time before checking out so we took a walk outside the hotel. The scenery of the entire place basically changed overnight~ The fresh snow with the last of the autumn leaves gave the place very fresh and vibrant colors~ Everybody loved the cool crisp air~
Next stop will be Shirakawa-go and Kanazawa!
See the rest of the trip below:
