Matsumoto castle
Matsumoto castle and the Japan Alps
About the castle
Matsumoto castle
Matsumoto castle and Lisa
Matsumoto castle and Lisa
Matsumoto castle - roof timbers
Matsumoto castle - View from a window
Matsumoto castle - Another view from a window
Matsumoto castle - Construction detail
Matsumoto castle - Construction detail
Matsumoto castle - Moon viewing gallery
Matsumoto castle - Grounds
Matsumoto castle - Moon viewing gallery exterior
Matsumoto castle
Modern architecture of Matsumoto - somewhat of a contrast!
Matsumoto - Old style shopping street
Narai in the Kiso Valley
Narai - details about its history as a post town en route from Kyoto to Tokyo
Streets of Narai
Streets of Narai
Streets of Narai
Streets of Narai - Sake brewery
Streets of Narai
Streets of Narai
Streets of Narai
Pass between Matsumoto and Takayama
First grass-roofed houses (pass between Matsumoto and Takayama)
Mountains with snow
Shrine on the pass
More cold mountains
38km to Takayama
Lisa to give some idea of the scale of snowfall here
Float detail - Takayama
Float detail - Takayama
Float detail - Takayama
Float detail - Takayama
Float detail - Takayama
Float detail - Takayama
Float detail - Takayama
Inside the float 'garage'
Takayama festival floats museum
Takayama festival floats museum (photo taken through glass)
Takayama festival floats museum
Takayama festival floats museum
Takayama morning market
Takayama morning market
Takayama morning market
Takayama morning market - bracken shoots, rice and carrots...
Takayama river
Traditional street in Takayama
Sake brewery (identifiable by the ball of straw)
Old house with wisteria - Takayama
Takayama
Another river
More old houses
Inside an old merchants house in Takayama
Inside an old merchants house in Takayama
Hida folk village
Hida folk village
Hida folk village - details
Hida folk village
Hida folk village - Lisa looks on
Hida folk village - grass (thatch) roofed house
Hida folk village - roof construction detail
Hida folk village - roof construction detail
Hida folk village - view
Hida folk village - model
Hida folk village - inside roof construction detail (full size)
Hida folk village - details
Hida folk village - more!
Hida folk village - details
Hida folk village - details
Hida folk village - another house
Hida folk village - view
Lisa tolling temple bell
Hida folk village - view with mountains
Hida folk village - view with mountains
Hida folk village
View of modern Takayama
Lisa atop her steed!
Shrine
Small shrine
Three monkeys
Shrine cherry blossom
Shrine
Prayer wheel and lantern
Shrine with Lisa
Shrine with festival streamers
Serene shrine garden
Serene shrine garden with Lisa