Host family trip
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Last weekend our family rented a small bus to take us on our family trip. My host dad ended up not going because he was either sick or he had something important that came up (I didn't understand). We all got our own rows of seats in the mini-bus and I slept a lot of the way (seeing as it took about 5 hours because of the traffic).
The town we were going to was called shirakawago which I guess means white river town? There was still quite a bit of snow there and it looked fantastic. I will be putting up new photos soon when I update my web site (in a few days) now that I have access to a laptop. All the houses in the village had straw roofs which were made a certain way (I will put up the translation of how it is made when I get the photos up). All the wood in the houses were protected from fire by having a fire (incidently) at the base of every house and the smoke created by the fire blows up to the top and puts a sort of soot on the wood in the roof.
After staying in that tonw for a night, we then headed off to a town called takayama (tall mountain?) and we stopped off at a teddy bear museum. I think my host sister wanted to see it, so we stayed there for a little while and then headed off to the actual city part. We were all getting a bit hungry so we decided to get some of the famous ramen noodles that were there. At the ramen shop there was a line right out the door! So we waited for a long time and then finally got in to eat our lunch... by then I was wasting away! After lunch we went to check out the traditional section of the town and we bought (i didn't) heaps of souveneirs. Since my host dad couldn't come, we bought him some sake (Japanese alcohol). Then we continued our way home for another 4-5 hours in the car (lots and lots of cars).
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Last weekend our family rented a small bus to take us on our family trip. My host dad ended up not going because he was either sick or he had something important that came up (I didn't understand). We all got our own rows of seats in the mini-bus and I slept a lot of the way (seeing as it took about 5 hours because of the traffic).
The town we were going to was called shirakawago which I guess means white river town? There was still quite a bit of snow there and it looked fantastic. I will be putting up new photos soon when I update my web site (in a few days) now that I have access to a laptop. All the houses in the village had straw roofs which were made a certain way (I will put up the translation of how it is made when I get the photos up). All the wood in the houses were protected from fire by having a fire (incidently) at the base of every house and the smoke created by the fire blows up to the top and puts a sort of soot on the wood in the roof.
After staying in that tonw for a night, we then headed off to a town called takayama (tall mountain?) and we stopped off at a teddy bear museum. I think my host sister wanted to see it, so we stayed there for a little while and then headed off to the actual city part. We were all getting a bit hungry so we decided to get some of the famous ramen noodles that were there. At the ramen shop there was a line right out the door! So we waited for a long time and then finally got in to eat our lunch... by then I was wasting away! After lunch we went to check out the traditional section of the town and we bought (i didn't) heaps of souveneirs. Since my host dad couldn't come, we bought him some sake (Japanese alcohol). Then we continued our way home for another 4-5 hours in the car (lots and lots of cars).
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