Shirakawa-go and Gokayama - Have you been? Nice Thatched Houses
Mrupupup went to Shirakawa-go and Gokayama for the famous Thatched Houses that had roof shaped like 'praying hands'.
Mrupupup took the bus from Takayama to go to these two places. The bus journey would take about 1 hour. Do queue early before the bus arrives as there would be many Japanese wanting to visit these areas. Once board the bus, prepare for a long journey to these places. Do prepare snacks and water for the journey. Do read the bus time table properly as Mrupupup nearly miss the bus.
You could take the bus and go to the villages of Shirakawa-go (which is more famous) and the other Gokayama villages, Mrupupup went to one of the Gokayama village named Suganuma. If you are short of time, Mrupupup thinks Shirakawa-go would be enough for a day visit.
Mrupupup never stay overnight in the village to enjoy the quietness, but one could stay overnight. Mrupupup saw many tourists dragging their luggages after an overnight stay. However, the villages got pretty dark from 5pm onwards and the shops would be close for the day.
After getting down from the bus, do check out the information from the tourist desk. Tourist desk has many maps. Mrupupup crossed the main river and enjoyed the Shirakawa-go village. Looked at the roof houses, take pictures, entered a shop to check out the souvenirs, enjoy the nice scenery and have a nice snack. Wandered around and Mrupupup was amazed by these 'praying hands' roof shape houses. The place even conducted regular fire drills just to ensure things did not go haywire when there was a fire which would affect the wooden houses.
If you are free, you could go take the bus and go to the nearby Gokayama village. Mrupupup went to the Suganuma village. The village was much smaller and less tourists, after alighting from the bus, one need to walk about 20mins to reach the entrance of the village. All I remember from this village was the nice vegetarian lunch, yummy toufu among the plentiful dishes and nice fishes swimming in the drains.
Enjoy the day and you could go back to Shiragawa-go from Suganuma, which Mrupupup did, during sunset around 4pm. Mrupupup took the 200yen shuttle at Shirakawa-go village and went up to the top of the mountain and took in the view of the village and enjoyed the setting sun. Very beautiful place- Shirakawa-go!
Took the last bus to Takayama at 5pm (this time very dark and cold!) and relax along the journey back to the Takayama hotel.
Reference : http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e5950.html
Mrupupup took the bus from Takayama to go to these two places. The bus journey would take about 1 hour. Do queue early before the bus arrives as there would be many Japanese wanting to visit these areas. Once board the bus, prepare for a long journey to these places. Do prepare snacks and water for the journey. Do read the bus time table properly as Mrupupup nearly miss the bus.
You could take the bus and go to the villages of Shirakawa-go (which is more famous) and the other Gokayama villages, Mrupupup went to one of the Gokayama village named Suganuma. If you are short of time, Mrupupup thinks Shirakawa-go would be enough for a day visit.
Mrupupup never stay overnight in the village to enjoy the quietness, but one could stay overnight. Mrupupup saw many tourists dragging their luggages after an overnight stay. However, the villages got pretty dark from 5pm onwards and the shops would be close for the day.
After getting down from the bus, do check out the information from the tourist desk. Tourist desk has many maps. Mrupupup crossed the main river and enjoyed the Shirakawa-go village. Looked at the roof houses, take pictures, entered a shop to check out the souvenirs, enjoy the nice scenery and have a nice snack. Wandered around and Mrupupup was amazed by these 'praying hands' roof shape houses. The place even conducted regular fire drills just to ensure things did not go haywire when there was a fire which would affect the wooden houses.
If you are free, you could go take the bus and go to the nearby Gokayama village. Mrupupup went to the Suganuma village. The village was much smaller and less tourists, after alighting from the bus, one need to walk about 20mins to reach the entrance of the village. All I remember from this village was the nice vegetarian lunch, yummy toufu among the plentiful dishes and nice fishes swimming in the drains.
Enjoy the day and you could go back to Shiragawa-go from Suganuma, which Mrupupup did, during sunset around 4pm. Mrupupup took the 200yen shuttle at Shirakawa-go village and went up to the top of the mountain and took in the view of the village and enjoyed the setting sun. Very beautiful place- Shirakawa-go!
Took the last bus to Takayama at 5pm (this time very dark and cold!) and relax along the journey back to the Takayama hotel.
Reference : http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e5950.html
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