We arrived yesterday after completing the last stretch into Matsumoto. We have been looking forward to seeing this town and right away it did not disappoint. We started with lunch at the great little shop, like most with only a few tables and stools along the front. We both had a set lunch and enjoyed pork cutlet, sashimi and negitoro.
After searching for accommodation we settled on an historic old ryokan called Marumo Inn. It is ideally locally and made us feel like we were staying in a true Japanese old building.
After a quick, and much anticipated shower, we headed to the highlight of the city, the Matsumoto castle. It is a 6-storey wooden castle that was used to defend the city. We took a tour and afterwards asked our guide to join us for a beer. He is a retired pharmacist who gives tours a few days a week. It was so much fun and chat with a local and share some stories about Canada while learning more from him about Japan. We ended the day with a meal of soba noodles, famous in the region.
Today we will wander the streets more and have some more food. We are going to try to find transportation across to Takayama as this is an area of heavy traffic with many tunnels and we have decided not to bike it.
Overall we are settling into bike traveling and are learning its challenges and rewards.
After searching for accommodation we settled on an historic old ryokan called Marumo Inn. It is ideally locally and made us feel like we were staying in a true Japanese old building.
After a quick, and much anticipated shower, we headed to the highlight of the city, the Matsumoto castle. It is a 6-storey wooden castle that was used to defend the city. We took a tour and afterwards asked our guide to join us for a beer. He is a retired pharmacist who gives tours a few days a week. It was so much fun and chat with a local and share some stories about Canada while learning more from him about Japan. We ended the day with a meal of soba noodles, famous in the region.
Today we will wander the streets more and have some more food. We are going to try to find transportation across to Takayama as this is an area of heavy traffic with many tunnels and we have decided not to bike it.
Overall we are settling into bike traveling and are learning its challenges and rewards.
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