Our "Rough Guide" described Takayama as a "must see" destination, and rightly so in our opinion. It has one of the largest areas of old houses untouched by war, fire or earthquake.
Plus a great set of temples
Plus a great set of temples
and a unique old regional administration building, including a huge rice store as the peasants paid their taxes in rice at 30%!
But needless to say, lots of tourists as well, most of them Japanese. Must be very crowded here in the summer and at weekends.
More photos in other posts.
The train journey here passed through quite mountainous terrain, and we'll be going back through it again tomorrow on our way to our final stop, Matsumoto.
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