jinya mae morning market takayama3 she grows her own apples

Day 6 - Pharmaceutical town

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December 13th 2010
(Blogged on December 14, on the train en route to Matsumoto, posted on 15 December - dates have been adjusted.) We arrived in Toyama from Takayama via train. Took us about two hours. I realized that we have been visiting all the towns with mountain names in them. “Kama” means mountain. The first town was “Inuyama” meaning “Dog Mountain” in literal translation. Not sure why, there were ... read more

Asia » Japan » Toyama

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In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more