Hi from Takayama

I'm Sanae. I have lived in Takayama for 4 and a half years starting Oct. 2014 till March 2019. I enjoyed living in such a beautiful city surrounded by mountains. Here is a blog that shares the happy times I had in Takayama.

My new place is Anjo, Aichi, but I'm too much in love with Takayama, I will continue adding some more infos about Takayama, plus I will be adding some updates about my new place as well.

Also, my life has been about "moving" everywhere!! Believe it or not, this was my 14th time to move and I thought there are a lot to share about my "moving life." There are some special things that I see and experience by living in different cities not just in Japan but in other countries as well!!

Cheers to new findings!!

さなえです。2014年10月~2019年3月まで岐阜県高山市で過ごしました。山に囲まれた美しいこの町が大好きです。

実はすでに高山を出てしまいました。が、この先も時々高山インフォメーションをアップしつつ、近辺(愛知)の様子もお伝えしていこうと思います。

そうそう、それと
何を隠そう、今回の引越は人生で14度目の引越!あちこちと動き回ったものです。遠距離への引越はもちろん、同じ市内の引越であっても、違う角度から見る空は、全然違っていて、人生をがらっと変えてしまうことすらあります。「当たり前」の明日が来ない生活、大変なことも多いけど、学ぶこともたくさん!そんな「引っ越しあるある」も時々シェアしていきますね。
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8/22/18

帰国しました! arrived home

With tons of photos
with tons of fun stories,
my daughter just returned from France!!
(surprisingly she has no jetlags!)

たくさんの写真と
たくさんのお土産話と共に
フランスより、娘が元気に戻ってきました。
(時差ボケも全くなく、元気過ぎる娘にびっくり)



















6/11/18

日帰り日本海 a day trip to the Sea of Japan

Again, we visited the Sea of Japan last weekend.
In the past three years since we started living in Takayama,
we have visited the Sea of Japan so many times!!

We had a nice lunch at a local restaurant,
enjoyed the seaside stroll,
(actually, we wanted to rent bicycles but they were all out)
and visited the newest "michi-no-eki (a roadside station).”

Sometimes we want to see the horizon.
And sometimes, we want to enjoy the freshest seafood.

Had a wonderful day!!

またまた日本海まで足をのばしてきました。
こちらに住むようになってから、何度訪れたのでしょう。

地元の居酒屋で、おいしいランチを頂き、
海辺を散歩!
(本当はサイクリングがしたかったのに、全て
出払っていた、、、残念)
そして出来たばかりの道の駅へ行ってきましたよ。

たまには水平線が見たくなるんです。
たまには新鮮魚貝をいただきたいのです。

息抜き終了、またがんばろう♪











9/5/17

ところ変われば in a different prefecture

This summer, we visited a prefecture called Niigata.

Niigata is a prefecture located along the Sea of Japan,
north of Toyama.

Prefectures along the Pacific side are much
more familiar to us, but since we live closer to
the Sea of Japan now, we decided to visit Niigata this time.

There are a lot to talk about Niigata, of course,
but out of all the things, I want to point out
their neat houses!!

Niigata has a harsh winter with lots of snow.
Just like here in Takayama.
It is ideal to have a garage so that they won't have
to dig out their cars on snowy days.

It is very common to have roofs over parking places in Takayama,
and here, garages stand on their own.
However, the houses in Niigata were different.
I wouldn't say majority of the houses were like the ones I found
but, I found many houses looking like the ones on the
photo below.

Houses were three stories high,
the sizes were quite huge,
and the bottom floor was their garages.

Can you tell from the photos?

I was wondering,
would that kind of houses work here in Takayama?
Perhaps, it would be harder to shovel snow off the
roofs since the height of the houses will become taller.
But wouldn't that be the same in Niigata?

Anyways,
I love watching and observing the houses in new places!!

It is interesting to find out how houses in different
places are adjusted to fit their very own environment!!

今のうちに、日本海側を攻めておかなくては!
ということで、この夏は新潟まで足をのばしてきました。

語ることは、たくさん!
しかし、おもしろい発見が新潟で見つけた家たち。

ご存知の通り、新潟は雪国!
高山よりずっと過酷な降雪地帯です。

もちろん、豪雪の中、毎朝車を掘り起こすのは大変なので
車庫が必要なわけです。

高山も車庫、もしくは最低でも駐車場の上には屋根を
つけたいものです。(うちにはありませんが、、、汗)

↓の写真でわかるでしょうか。
ほとんど、とは言いませんが、
こんな感じの家を、とにかくたくさんの発見!!

大きな三階建ての家です!
一階部分が車庫、そして二階、三階が居住スペースなのです。
なるほどなるほど。

でも、そこでふと思ったのが、
高山には、どうしてこういう家がないのかな?
雪おろしが大変になるからかな?
でも、それは新潟も同じよね。

今は、緑が美しいけど、
数か月後には真っ白になる新潟の過酷な冬を
想像しながら、ところ変われば、変化する住宅たちを
眺めながら、家族でわいわいと盛り上がりました。







9/3/15

映画 movies

During the summer vacation,
we went to watch the movies.

The movie we watched was "Mininons" : )
Kids just looooooooooove Minions ever since they first watched
"Despicable Me."

The nearest movie theater is about 110 km away from our place.
That's right,
we don't have a movie theater in Takayama.

So,
it was a full one day trip all the way to Toyama.

We really need serious family meetings on picking
which movies to watch from now on.

Oh well, it doesn't matter, we got to eat
delicious SUSHI from the Japan Sea after the movies, yay!!

夏休みに
映画を観にいきました。

今回観た映画は「ミニオンズ」。
「怪盗グルーの月泥棒」を観て以来、子供たちはミニオンズが大好きなんです。

さてさて、
一番近い映画館は、、、
なんと110キロ先です。
そうです、高山には映画館がありません。

映画を観に行くのは一日仕事、
富山県まで行かなくてはいけません。

次回から、
映画選びは真剣に
「家族会議」を開かなくてはいけませんね。

帰りに日本海のおいしいお寿司が食べられるから、
よしとするか~~。






8/22/15

安曇野旅行 a trip to Azumino (Nagano prefecture)

We went to a two-days-trip to Azumino in Nagano prefecture.
Nagano prefecture is right next to Gifu, where Takayama is located,
but despite the distance, it used to be difficult to travel because 
in between the two prefectures, there is a mountain range, the North Japan Alps.

It was our first time to drive through the Abo Tunnel, a tunnel that goes through the 
North Japan Alps.

一泊二日で安曇野(長野)へ行ってきました。
岐阜と長野は隣り合っていますが、
北アルプス山脈を越えなければなりません。

初めて「安房トンネル」を利用しての、長野への旅でした。

 

On the way,
Kids caught a dragon fly,

途中でトンボを捕まえたり、


bought a huge and sweet watermelon,

大きなスイカを買ったり、


found lots 'n lots of apple gardens,

リンゴ畑をたくさん見つけたり、



weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed
at a park

公園で いえーーーーーーーーーーーーい、したり



cheeeeeeeeeeeered at a winery♪

ワイナリーでかんぱ~い♪したり




bought some shiny treasures.
("all you can stuff into a plastic case marbles")

キラキラの財宝を買ったりしました!!
(プラスチック容器に詰め放題のビー玉)




Azumino is also a beautiful city located near the mountains
having clean and clear waters(rivers), similar to Takayama.
We have some relatives living there, that is why we visit the place
once in a while and we're so glad we are more closer to Azumino now.

安曇野もまた山々に囲まれた、水(川)の美しい場所です。
親戚が済んでいる場所なので、時折訪れますが、
高山に引っ越して、随分距離が縮まり嬉しいな。