Farming tools used in the Hida region are on display inside the house, and the irori (fireplace in the middle of the living room floor) is fed with logs every day. The black pillars and smoky smell transports a visitor back in time. We visited the area of Shirakawa-go at the early ...
Cafe culture is strong here; grab a coffee and sit out on a terrace watching the world go by. Then you can return to your hotel – these come in all types from budget hotels to quite expensive elegant historical hotels and modern luxury offerings. For nightlife, head out to one of the...
The legend is that in the 19thcentury a typhoon slammed into the mainly Hakka fishing and farming village of Tai Hang. A few days before the Mid-Autumn Festival the villagers discovered a python which ate their livestock. They captured it but somehow it disappeared the next day. Then a plag...
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