November 12, 2025 – Takayama and Shirakawa-go In the morning, we bought reserved seats on the bus to our next destination, Shirakawa-go, at the Nohi Bus Company depot next to the Takayama train station. Our scheduled departure was early afternoon, plenty of time to experience the morning market which sets up along the Miyagawa River and visit Takayama Jinya, a national historic site. Miyagawa Morning Market The market sells handicrafts, fresh local produce, street food, and pickles—the Japanese condiment of choice. We bought a few apples from this woman, who might have picked them herself that morning. Takayama Jinya As its tourist brochure states Takayama Jinya was a branch office of the Edo Bakufu (government) from 1692 to 1868. It is designated as a national historic site and is the only existing building of its kind in Japan. In its time, head officials were sent from Edo (Tokyo) to this prefectural building to perform administrative bus...