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Archive for April 24th, 2008

Takayama Street Food: Mitarashi-dango

One of the more popular street snacks in Takayama are mitarashi-dango, skewers of grilled rice dumplings (mochi) coated in a soya based sauce. In fact, the unmistakable smell of burning vegemite will certainly lead you to their location.
They are excessively salty and extraordinarily chewy, and will keep you chomping for a good five minutes.

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Takayama and the Autumn Hachiman Matsuri

When we were in Japan last year, we were lucky enough to coincide our visits with a number of matsuri (festivals). Our first such experience was in the township of Takayama, a quaint little village in the mountainous Hida region of the Gifu prefecture - five hours from Tokyo by train.

The Autumn Hachiman Matusri is [...]

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