Saturday, April 16th: Hida Express and Karaoke
Another excellent breakfast at Yatsusan ryokan, and then a very pleasant surprise: our decision to eat in Takayama Thusday night reduced the bill for our stay at the ryokan considerably. The ride to Nagoya on the Hida Limited Express Wideview was stunning. Their was again no view of Fuji from the Shinkansen (too hazy).
The Palace tried to upgrade our room to a smoking room with a view of the palace, which we firmly refused - choosing to stay in a non-smoking room, which turned out to be palace-like anyway.
We rushed over to Koppabashi-dori to shop for kitchen supplies, then over to Harajuku to meet Eric and Satoko again for dinner. There we met a friend of Eric's, Kevin, and we went to Boheme for dinner and then a private Karaoke suite for drinks and silly singing. Satoko and Erci suprised us with really good singing. Kevin has clearly had voice lessons too.
The Palace tried to upgrade our room to a smoking room with a view of the palace, which we firmly refused - choosing to stay in a non-smoking room, which turned out to be palace-like anyway.
We rushed over to Koppabashi-dori to shop for kitchen supplies, then over to Harajuku to meet Eric and Satoko again for dinner. There we met a friend of Eric's, Kevin, and we went to Boheme for dinner and then a private Karaoke suite for drinks and silly singing. Satoko and Erci suprised us with really good singing. Kevin has clearly had voice lessons too.
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