JAPAN Takayama 28th September - 1st October
November 25th 2008 The upside of leaving Kagoshima sooner than we thought was getting back on the superb Shinkansen. After that we had a beautiful ride up through the mountains to Takayama. Here we booked ourselves into Zenko-ji temlpe run by the very enigmatic Tommy. Our first night was in the temple hall which was a unique but chilly experience.
Takayama is a picturesque town with historic wooden buildings and
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