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Japanese garden
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Gero City. Onsen (hot springs) are what make this city famous, and there are three public bath houses in town.
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Dinner at a ryokan, a type of traditional Japanese inn that originated in the Edo period (1603–1868), when such inns served travellers along Japan’s highways. They typically feature tatami-matted rooms, communal baths.
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Stunning display of fall foliage.
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Takayama’s old town has been beautifully preserved with many buildings and whole streets of houses dating from the Edo Period (1600-1868), when the city thrived as a wealthy town of merchants.
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The Takayama food scene is best known for its high-quality Hida beef which is raised from Japanese black cattle in the region.
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Takayama old town
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World heritage listed historical villages of Shirakawa-go, located in a mountainous region that was cut off from the rest of the world for a long period of time.
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The Gassho-style houses with their steeply pitched thatched roofs are the only examples of their kind in Japan.
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Gujo Hachiman Castle
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View from the castle
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Locals all dressed up for some sort of christening ceremony.
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Father and daughter walking through a torii gate.
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Tsumago is one of the best preserved post towns in Japan.
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Lunching in a traditional inn, Tsumago.
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Tsumago streetscape
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Nagoya
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A pachinko parlour (slot machine Japanese style) in Nagoya.
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