Takayama Food

There isn't much to do at night in Takayama. After all, the specialty of the town is the preservation of the original structures of old Japan, so after night falls and especially on a cold night it is very odd for a couple of tourists to be wandering the streets.

We were lucky that we had dinner early at 6pm. Because we were the last customers of this particular joint. Shortly after we finished our fabulous bowl of karey udon, the couple who ran the place packed up, and straight after we left, switched off the lights and locked the doors.

Delicious karey udon - simple Jap curry with udon. Very addictive.

Gaz's order - we didn't know what this was because the shop didn't have any pictures, or a word of English. Our trial and error ordering method worked out OK in the end.

So, we went back to the hotel and rifle through our backpacks for snacks. That is how the stockpile of foods we initially wanted to bring home for friends and family as presents became less and less towards the end of our trip. We had also brought our laptop so that was a great lifesaver. The internet, present in almost all hotel rooms (except the ryokan in Takayama) in the form of a cable, is a marvelous thing.

Night snack. Is this an egg?

No, this is an egg custard with black sesame dessert!