we were in ogimachi yesterday and the day before. ogimachi is way up in the japanese alps and is a UNESCO world heritage site, mainly for the village's way of living and for their thatched roofed structures. the village mostly farms rice and buckwheat during the warm season and (likely) intentionally avoided the modernization that happened throughout japan.
i bet it's so beautiful when everything is green and lush and the sakura (cherry blossoms) are blooming. it's pretty cool to think that many of the homes -- still liveable by the way -- were built hundreds of years ago.
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| i'm not sure pete can fit into that truck |
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| no trip to the countryside is complete without totoro |
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