Hidatakayama Part 2

The second day we went to Shirakawago. It's a preserved old Japanese village. It was quite fun. It's fun to imagine what life would have been like it a village like that. Here is a quite long video that you can watch to see some of the things that were there. If you can get over the motion sickness my shakey-cam will induce, you may find some interesting things there.



In retrospect, I think we may have just walked in the tool shed in the beginning. We couldn't really tell if it was part the the village, or where the hedge trimmer keeps his stuff. However, the bell was authentic, and sounded really cool. And I hope Gabi's wish comes true!

The whole trip was a very fun time with the summer team. There was more, but I'll spare you the pictures of old houses and buildings. Instead here is a completely unrelated video from the trip!

The greatest Engrish poster ever!

This picture speaks for itself...



Want to buy some ice cream and any?

Hidatakayama Part 1

The past few weeks have been jam packed, as it was the end of the summer workers time here in Japan, and the arrival of my parents. There is a lot of stuff to talk about, but I'll tackle them one at a time.

Hidatakayama was a very fun trip with the summer team. Nagaisan has dubbed it "little Kyoto" as it has that traditional Japanese feeling without having to travel forever to actual Kyoto. It was the first time since I have been in Japan (since October 2007) that I actually did something touristy. I had only been in Shizuoka (the opposite of touristy) and perhaps some trips with students, but never to famous places or somewhere you would see in tour guide. Hidatakayama is just that, and was very fun. I recommend it if you come to Japan, although you'd probably just go to Kyoto... Anyway, I could talk about it, but I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.


And I discovered the Triforce! Now I can save Princess Zelda!