A day of mountain passes, hot springs, black castles and raw horse meat. Evening folks! Welcome to Day 15 of our adventures. We started our day with coffee and breakfast in the morning at Takayama’s “Coffee Don”; this tiny cafe is run by a Japanese gentleman in his […]
Hida beef, she the beef, we the beef! Howdy folks! We had a great time today wandering the streets of Takayama, checking out all craft shops, food stalls and sake breweries in the old part of town. This alpine township is built along the banks of the Miya-gawa (translation […]
Taka = high + Yama = mountain. Yup, that’s where we are alright! Rather than just head up to Takayama for the day we decided to leave Nagoya today and spend the next couple of nights up in the mountains, enjoying more epic scenery and cute village settings. […]
Fancy a 10km hike through the Japanese wilderness? Sure! Evening fans. For today’s adventure we took a local train (read “a very slow train”) from Nagoya up into the Central Japanese Alps. Our goal: the Kiso Valley. This densely forested river valley is relatively untouched by modern civilisation […]
Today we set a new personal land speed record! Today was a pretty relaxing day. Our only major goal for the day was to get from Kyoto to Nagoya, at some point. After a busy few days, it was nice to have a slow start to the day […]
Wandering Soles 