Adventures in Furukawa

Near Takayama is a tiny town called Furukawa, which we'd heard was renowned for its canals, old houses and warehouses, and temples. We checked it out with Pearl and, lo and behold, just as in Takayama there was a special once-only wheel-out-the-floats day underway. There were also children doing lion-dances to encourage shop-owners to donate money to their shrine. Furukawa was truly beautiful, full of surprisingly gracious (and large) temples, quiet streets and flitting carp.