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Japan Part 4: Shirakawa-go
Getting to the village New Year’s Day! The first day of the year consisted of us making our way up to the picturesque Shirakawa-go village! The Shirakawa-go village, declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1995, is home to the traditional gassho-zukuri farmhouses that you’ve probably seen on postcards. What’s cool about these houses is…
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Japan Part 3: Takayama
Arrival One of the main goals for this trip was to see snow in Japan. Takayama definitely had plenty of that. On average, temperature in late December- early January was: Day: -5 to 5 degrees Celcius Night: -10 to -2 degrees Celcius Disclaimer: Numbers based on a very foggy memory of me checking weather forecasts.…
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Japan Part 2: Getting to Takayama
Getting to Takayama from the Kansai Airport was a huge ordeal for us, mainly because we wanted to save money by using the benefits we get from the Takayama-Hokuriku JR pass. Based on the recommendation we got from a lady at the JR office, we were supposed to follow this pathing: KIX > Shin-Osaka >…
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Japan Part 1: Introduction
The purpose of this series of blog posts, is to primarily indulge my personal collection of travel memories. My mom has always been asking me to write more since she thinks I’m pretty good at it, so this is also me being a good, filial son, listening to my mother. I hope that by reading…