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Read and rate Travel Journal Entries for Shirakawago, Gifu-ken, Japan
Oct 8, 2009 - The Last Samurai
In the Last Samurai, Tom Cruise ends up in this rural area with a bunch of samurai. I was very keen to go to Shirakawa-go because it sounded a bit like the place in the film, old style (gassho) houses in forested country. The latest typhoon was still doing its stuff, though the wind and rain subsided as we went by bus to Takayama, our base for the next two nights. We are here for the town itself, Shirakawa-go and the Festival that starts tomorrow. Despite trying dozens of places, we could only get accomodation for tonight, but on arrival...
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