4/2 - Thursday

We woke up in our lovely comfy tatami room in Takayama and I opened the window and looked out on the snowy road. Yay!

I have another story: When we decided to come to Takayama for one night I wanted to stay at "Spa Hotel Alpina". The last time we were in Takayama I wasn't very happy with our hotel and to rub it in they had ads for "Spa Hotel Alpina" in our room. Unfortunately SHA was booked out and we got a room in a fun hostel instead. HOWEVER, to rub things in, SHA was right next to the J-Hoppers Hostel. Everytime I opened a window, I saw Spa Hotel Alpina. I'll get you Spa Hotel Alpina! If it's the last thing I dooooooo!!!!!

We woke up and had mandarins for breakfast since it was all we had with us. After packing up and checking out we walked around Takayama, looking at the morning market and having a delicious second breakfast at a little cafe. We didn't do anything in particular, but we had a nice morning wandering around looking at the snowy town.

At 11:30 we got on our train back to Nagoya. Both of us were sleepy and relaxed on the train, watching the mountains above and rocky river below.

At 14:40 we arrived at MikawaAnjo station and Emi was waiting for us at the gates with her sister in the car. For the rest of the afternoon we hung around the house talking with everybody and playing with Emi's little nephew. We all went for a walk together, and Emi and us two ended up at the enormous 100 yen shop down the road.  We had a nice time there as it's the BEST 100 yen shop in all of Japan.  We assisted with dinner and learned from Emi's grandmother how to make chicken/egg rice which is one of our favourite Japanese foods. We're both very tired from all of our activities and appreciated the quiet afternoon.