Yesterday was pretty relaxing…
We jumped on the JR Train and took a 25 minute ride to the city of Gifu.
Downtown Gifu
After a short bus ride, we ended up at Gifu Park…
The Fountain at Gifu Park
If you look straight up from the fountain, you can see Gifu Castle…
The Castle
We were all like, “What the heck?”…
So we decided to start hiking…
In about an hour, we made it to the top of the mountain…
Gifu Castle
Inside of the castle was a museum that told all about the different lords that lived there. There was also tons of cool samurai stuff to be seen…
Helmets
The view from the castle was amazing…
You don’t realize how big Gifu is until you look to see nothing but city in all directions.
If you look close enough, you can see the fountain where our journey began.
We heard that there was a restaurant on the top of the mountain, so we started hiking toward Squirrel Village…
This Way
We found our restaurant. Much like the ramen shop from the night before, we ordered our food from a vending machine…
Vending Machine
Our seats had really cool views of the city of Gifu…
I had an Asahi.
For lunch, I had a big ol’ bowl of rice with beef and miso soup.
After lunch, we rode the ropeway down to the bottom of the hill…
The Ropeway
On the ride back to Nagoya, Kara got a Georgia Black Coffee from a vending machine. This can was ridiculously hot.
Once back in Nagoya, Aim E. took us to the home of the giant Buddha…
The Gateway
Buddha’s Hand
Buddha
On the way back to Aim E.’s apartment, we stopped by the convenience store for a snack…
I got BBQ Chicken chips and an Asahi Red Eye (It’s like Japan’s version of the Chelada)
After a little nap, we headed back out to the streets of Nagoya to get some dinner…
The Neighborhood Watch
Paragon. This place is all about Asian fusion.
Here’s what I had…
Pork Dumplings
Cassis Shochu
A dope salad with root chips on top.
Tai Style Okonomiyaki with Shrimp and Squid topped with a Spicy Cocktail Chili Sauce
After dinner, we bounced on over to Sakae to hit up a cool bar…
The TV Tower at Night
My Bar
More Asahi
Then we walked back to the subway to head home…
A Ferris Wheel
Like I said…
Yesterday was just another ho-hum relaxing day in Japan.
Stay Rad,
Jeff
Stay Rad 
July 2, 2012 at 3:18 pm |
Is that Ferris Wheel as close to that building as it looks?
July 2, 2012 at 10:05 pm |
Yup!