| Essence of Japan
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Early morning in Takayama: Main Torii
(left); preparing for business (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
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Takayama is high in the Japan Alps and snow was
visible on the trees behind the houses by the River Miyagawa - PHOTOs
Malcolm McCrow |
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School uniform is taken seriously in Japan and
the School Shop in Takayama caters for both junior and senior pupils -
PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Boys wear military style jackets based on a
French navy design and the girls wear sailor tops; the yellow caps and
hats are worn by pupils in junior school - PHOTOs [taken with permission
of Terada School Shop] Malcolm McCrow |
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Advertisements in English for school uniforms
made by Kuri-Ori. Tartan trousers and skirts are common and some
schools stipulate British style blazers - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Hint of a British style phonebox (left);
covered walkways (right) reminiscent of early 20th Century East
Africa - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Buddhist Temple Bell and American style fire
hydrant - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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English looking filling station in Takayama -
PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Shops opening on to the street by the Morning
Street Market on the bank of the River Miyagawa - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
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![maneki-neko, [lucky cat] Takayama, Japan](6Takayama/Cat2.jpg) |
![maneki-neko, [lucky cat] Takayama, Japan](6Takayama/Taka12.jpg) |
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cats (maneki-neko) by the River (left)
and outside an antique shop (right) -
PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Bridges on the River Miyagawa - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
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houses (left); traditional hearth in preserved Merchant House
(right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Samurai sculpture (above) near Takayama Jinya or Takayama
Samurai House (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
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Courtroom of the Samurai House where the prisoner having been brought to the
court in a cage was obliged to kneel on wooden slats
- PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Bagpipe Inn, Takayama - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
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Traditional ice cream parlour, Takayama - PHOTOs
Malcolm McCrow |
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Rickshaw in one of the old narrow streets (left); one of
several saki outlets (right) - PHOTOs
Malcolm McCrow |
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Inside a saki shop - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
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Gasshō-zukuri
houses in the Hida Folk Village - an open-air museum near Takayama.
Gasshō-zukuri
means preying hands and refers to the steep pitch of the roof which is said
to resemble hands clasped for prayer
- PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Traditional houses in the open air Hida Folk Village near Takayama
- PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| Torii
and ornamental paddy field, Hida Village, Takayama
- PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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After leaving Takayama we continue our journey
through the Japan Alps where the last snows of winter are still apparent in
early April
- PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Shirakawa-go's largest village is Ogimachi and is a World
Heritage Site between Takayama and Kanazawa
- PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Reflections in the paddy fields of Ogimachi which is a
preserved Japanese traditional village in the Shirakawa District
- PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Like in Hida, which is a museum,
Gasshō-zukuri
houses are also much in evidence in the working village of Ogimachi
- PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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A woman at work in an Ogimachi field
- PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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A thatcher at work on the roof of a
Gasshō-zukuri
house
- PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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