It’s time to head home to Melbourne, but first we had to return to Tokyo on the bullet train to catch a flight to Sydney.
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Wendy had always had a visit to Japan on our to-do list. Family connections to Japan had been the inspiration to explore a country, culture, food and sights. Including an extended pilgrams’ walk into the experience brought us face-to-face with aspects of life in Japan we may have otherwise missed.
Fashionable Kanazawa
Our last full day in Kanazawa (and Japan) packed in a lot of sightseeing and walking. We set off early to beat the crowds and called it a day at 4.30pm when our legs said enough is enough.
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You can’t hear rain falling on a thatched roof…
We settled for the night with the knowledge the surrounding mountains were covered with snow and light rain was falling. We woke to a different scene in the morning.
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Wet grey day on the way to Takayama
It was a cold wet start to a day of travel to our next destination of Takayama.
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