All the best photos were taken by Jada.
A typical shop in Magomejuku |
This Bonsai tree, standing only a foot tall, was outside a shop. |
As a small mountain village, the views from the town were gorgeous. |
This treat was sold in a local confectioner's shop wrapped in rice paper. |
A new-to-us taste, and very enjoyable. a bit sweet and a texture between powder and paste. |
Late that afternoon, we checked into a modern, yet typical Japanese hotel in Gero, Japan that included hot baths, "Onsen". Oedo Onsen Monogatari Gero was our lodging for the evening. After checking in, everyone picked out a "yukata" or light robe and ash/belt. Hotel guests wore their yukatas to/from the onsen (there were two, one men, the other for women), to meals and to lounge about the public areas which included a self serve bar with soft drinks and an automated beer tap. As the hotel was in the mountains, this lobby area had huge windows looking across the mountain valley, a beautiful view.
Wearing our yukatas |
Murph's favorite amenity was the ubiquitous beer vending machine. This one was only one floor away from our room. |
Dinner was a massive buffet with many choices. Several had to explained to us or remained a mystery. |
The next morning, Jada and I took a walk and discovered this pathway up the mountain side. |
At the end of the path was the Mitsumine Shrine. Historically, the Japanese write from right to left, and vertically from top to bottom. Modern Japanese now write as they did in the past, as well as in the western manner of left to right and top to bottom, horizontally. |
The shrine seemed to honor or remember farmers in general or this specific farmer. |
The view looking down the hillside from the shrine. |
We followed a different, small roadway back down. |
We thought this might be a Buddhist cemetery. |
Before checking out, Jada tried this massage pod in the lobby. |
Onsen etiquette |
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