Wednesday 26/12/18 Shirakawago/Gifu

We hopped on a bus heading further into the mountains and stopped and another small, quiet village to look around before heading on to Shirakawago.

In Shirakawago it was often challenging to find a spot not crawling with tourists, and we were so happy to be able to go back to our quiet little Kaminashi instead of staying in the thick of such noisy visitors.

Noriko charmed our way into one of the big house museums for free, and we learned how they were made and looked around some of the rooms where people used to work and live.

On they way home we ran into a traveller from Panama who was like a latin version of Angus. He had a bit of trouble remembering to take all his things with him, but Japan is a very forgiving place for people with this problem.

We got back to Kaminashi minshuku and decided to have bath before dinner. 

They had two more rooms occupied by chinise family and a couple. They were all quiet and we were the only one talking. 

The owner told us that the video we saw was a bit of a set up. Normally they spend a week to do the roof and they don't need that many people. 

Noriko was very embarrassed when she thought the name of the fish was Kawaii which means cute in Japanese instead of Kawahagi when the owner was explaining. She said it so loud.. everybody laughed. 

At least he liked the origami bird she made.