Takayama

Today we caught the bus to the next place on our journey - Takayama. The bus took us through the mountains, past Kamikochi and down to Takayama.

Takayama still has areas of old buildings, 

and there are some interesting craft places, including one that was selling sashiki. I spent considerable time there, and by the time I finished, the others had moved on, and I couldn’t see them. So I went up the hill 

to where Takayama Castle had been. It was one of the many castles that was destroyed during the Meiji period, but the foundation stonework was still there.