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Old private houses(Furui machinami)(Takayama)

Thursday, August 3rd, 2006

this area is my most favorite area in Takayama. the streets are lined with a variety of stores such as traditional ware shops, antique shops, restaurants serving local dish and traditional inns and so on. walking down this street really makes you feel as if you slip back in time to Japan’s old time. I was also amazed to hear that people still live here and work. I just found this Takayama Sidetrip blog by Saschas World. pls also visit here.

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wow… this street is also designated as one of national important traditional buildings preserved properties.

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Fujii Art-craft museum (Takayama)

Tuesday, August 1st, 2006

Hi. its been for a while since I checked this blog last time. I wanted to introduce amazing Japanese historical sites in Takayama. As you know, Takayama is very popular site for visitors for its traditional buildings and countryside atomosphere. I was longing for visiting Takayama for a long time and was finally able to visit there during the past long holidays.

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I wanna introduce some places I visited there. the first one is this museum. its a collection of about 2500 pieces of Japanese old paintings and folkcraft-articles collected by Dr.Fujii, a local doctor. There were old hina-dolls made in about 270 years ago and some other notable works.

Like other traditional buildings on the street, this museum is wooden construction building and makes you feel Japan’s old time.

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my dear cherry blossom!!

Friday, April 7th, 2006

when it comes to cherry blossom, Japan is no.1 in its numbers and in its beauty. I found a blog by canadian girl who stays in Japan, she posted beautiful cherry trees pictures. those two pictures she took are same picture with cherry trees along the street, but different season, summer and winter.

I stayed in Japan for 3 years and I saw quite a bit cherry trees in many different parks in different prefectures. They were just amazing!! yes, it is takes a big part of their culture.

it must be the best season to watch “sakura” blossoms there in Japan. I wanna go back someday.

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