Leaving the countryside visited Hida no Sato a folk village close to Takayama, representing traditional craftsmanship of the area. As said yesterday carpentry and sake breweries are famous and numerous in the surrounding villages. They say that even the temples and palaces in Kyoto were built by carpenters from here.
More than 30 traditional buildings including thatched and shingled
houses, shrines, sheds, and others are scattered around the hill.
200kms south in Nagoya, before catching the train to Nagoya visited the Train Museum of Japan, which is also home to all historical Shinkanzen trains. Believe it or not the trains you see here are the past!!!
The future is coming with a Maglev train, which already made a world record with 602kmh and planned to go to public service by 2020 for the next olympic games.
During the short trip from Nagoya to Kyoto, you could see some rice fields, although it is just the beginning of the rice planting season in this area.
Arrived in Kyoto late in the evening, just had time to go have dinner in Pontocho, one of the Geisha districts of the city. Can t wait to explore that city.... See you tomorrow....
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