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| Our next destination was into the Japanese Alps. In Takayama, we found this small restaurant near our hotel. |
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| Totally local...this is the entire restaurant. It's run by the woman behind the bar. |
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| Up here in the mountains, the chill of winter was still in the air and snow on the ground. |
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| Our destination was the small town of Shirakawa-go. This UNESCO World Heritage site is known for it's steep grass-thatched roofs. |
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| Welcome to Shiragawa-go! |
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| In this isolated valley, the residents built the roofs very steep to allow snow not to get heavy on the roofs. |
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| On a hill just outside of town is the famous view of Shiragawa-go. |
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| What's in this box? |
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| Ahhh, makes sense! |
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| After walking through town, we sat down to a traditional Japanese lunch! |
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| And spent an hour and a half soaking ourselves at an "onsen" or public bath! |
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| If the soaking pool is outside, it's called a "rotemburo." Here's the view from the rotemburo. |
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