One Nice Evening In Takayama

Previously:
Gifu Prefecture 5 Days 4 Nights with Japan Airlines

The weather, the town, and the food temptation are too nice to be missed.  Although physically begging for some rest but my mind was dragging me out from hotel to enjoy the town has to offer.  The breeze always fresh in here even though slightly chilly from the melting ice left from winter around this early of March.  My food menus in this trip, mostly repetitive from my previous trip in Takayama.  Because what we had before were all good and I missed those flavors.   

First stop was this Hida beef shop.  The food taste was still as good as what I remembered.  It is a little price though for little portion of beef.  Understandable as they used high quality of beef.  But there are getting more and more popular among the tourists as well unlike in the past.  

Hida beef bowl (prime) ¥2,420

The char-grilled beef was so tender and smeared with the sweet sticky sauce which totally well-matched the meat.  I definitely need more than just four thinly sliced beef.

It was a nice afternoon with a clear blue sky while strolling the city.  The old town of Takayama is full of Japanese merchant houses charms and real-life Edo period (not museum).  There are so many things to see and buy in this Sannomachi Suji area.  From visiting shrines, museums to buying sake and souvenirs.  There are also a lot of small stalls or restaurant selling Japanese delicacies to try for.

7-eleven with a touch of Japanese-style wooden house

Must try: Japanese matcha green tea ice cream 250¥

Another must try: Hida beef A5 skewer 1,000¥

Another great snack here in Sannomachi is this beef nigiri.  The queue was absolutely not worthed to join today, so we just gave it a miss.  You can read from my previous blog for the review though.  Instead, we went to had some sweets right across from the sushi shop. 

What we had here: hot match green tea, creme brulee, zenzai (sweet red bean soup with dango), and green tea ice cream.  They were all delicious, especially the cream brulee.  They absolutely executed the crackling burned sugar top and the custard was creamy with the right level of sweetness.  The red bean soup was nice as well, to warm up our palate in this cold weather.

perfect sugar crackling on top

Takayama is actually famous with their fresh apples, however for me, more like the city of strawberry.  Not a single day of my trip this time that passed by without strawberry.  These red goodies were so plumpy, juicy and deliciously sweet and of course extremely fresh.  There are a few different prices for different sizes.  Mostly bigger is more expensive, so whatever you prefer.  But they all were gooooood.

Kajibashi(Hida beef)
3 Chome-62 Honmachi, Takayama
Ph: +81 577 32 0473


茶乃芽 (dessert)
83 Kamisannomachi, Takayama
Ph: +81 577 35 7373


Stay tuned for the next blog still in Japan:
Kanazawa & Shirakawa-Go (Part 1)