Plan of the day The plan was to visit another Gassho-style village, Ainokura village in the morning. In the afternoon we would proceed to Takayama city and join the Takaya Sakura Festival. For the night we would be staying at…

Plan of the day The plan was to visit another Gassho-style village, Ainokura village in the morning. In the afternoon we would proceed to Takayama city and join the Takaya Sakura Festival. For the night we would be staying at…
Plan for the day Though our original plan was to be in Kyoto for cherry blossom, we were a week late as the “best viewing” period was 6-7 days. At that time we were in Tokyo since our flight (which…
Plan for the Day Our plan for the day was to skip Mount Yoshino and proceed to Hasedera (Temple) and Butsuryu-ji in the morning. Later in the day we would proceed to Nara City and visit Todaji and for the…
Plan for the day Our plan was to visit Takato Castle in the morning. The castle was only 11 km from Ina City where we had spent the night. In the afternoon we would be driving some 324 km taking…
Plan for the day We would drive westward toward Matsumoto, our first destination was Koboyama of Matsumoto. Our second destination would be Takato Castle of Ina. From Tokyo to Matsumoto was a 228 km – 3 hours drive. From Koboyama…