Gokayama - suganuma chapter 童话式雪中小屋の菅沼篇

Next destination  -- Suganuma

I can't find any information on this place. This place doesn't have any website for me to do research. I wouldn't mind for a website to share a very limited minimum level of information...I didn't even know what will be available there? what was the attraction there? where was the viewing deck? any map available?

Here was not really interesting compare to Ainokura, or maybe just came from Ainokura...so here wasn't an attraction to me??!!! Museum here cannot take photo. According to the caretaker, there was God (altar) in the house so no photography allowed.

Sorry for refusing to listen!

I was the only visitor here. Most of the things I have seen in Ainokura, exhibition no much differences

the altar

The only thing not available in Ainokura

When i first opened the door, I thought he was the caretaker of this place. After several greetings still not response??? Then only I looked at him properly, he didn't look like ordinary people and...fake people. What a shame 

Not a real gun. It was used to shoot at the target to activate the movie/show on the LCD screen. I stood here too long until the museum people came here to see what happened! Here also no photography allowed. Luckily I was ready to leave when she came

Public toilet. I looked at the entrance I really felt reluctant to go in...I thought it must be dirty and smelly BUT it was not and it was extremely clean and without bad smell. I judged it by the appearance again! Sorry...I will try to change.

I wasted a lot of time then only see this map. I thought this place was so small and nothing to see + i looked for viewing deck for a very long time. I don't have time for the other side, it took me more than 10minutes to walk there. Nobody there as well after my 10minutes walk...I immediately turned back to wait for the bus as I didn't want to miss the bus and wait for additional 2 hours at this boring place. BY looking at the poster, I saw a place which was the attraction near Takayama, I felt like want to walk there to save the bus fares. I worried if it was just using the same name but different destination altogether as what I expected then I really die...I gave up the idea

Finally I found the viewing deck, you guess where was it -- it was the road where the cars and buses passed by!!!

I waited for bus at the opposite direction again! The bus passed by and saw me...he stopped and waited for me but no response. He purposely came to the hut to call me! So nice! I was sorry that I was not going to the direction...just that opposite direction was just a signboard without a hut. I felt cold to stand there...After few minutes, I tried to hitch hike...I felt upset and planned to give up Shirakawago. For me, I didn't see any attraction of Shirakawago after Ainokura. I hold a white paper with the word "Takayama 高山". I was very shy and didn't have the courages but i did try for few cars. They really slow down to look at the paper! In the end, bus came first...no choice hop on to the bus! 

Gokayama - ainokura chapter 童话式雪中小屋の相仓篇

Woke up early in the morning to have my breakfast. Though I didn’t like western food but FREE was always great (´∀｀)

Most of the customer here are working adult. Not sure if I was too sensitive, I noticed a strange look on their faces! If can I also didn’t want to stay here. I liked this hotel and it's really nice just that...I can’t accept the price range. I control my accommodation expenses maximum at 2500 yen. Here was 4000yen per nightΣ(O_O；)Shock！！ 

It was great that the hotel was located less than 5minutes walking distance to the train station as I needed to take the train to reach Johana station at 8.51am to catch the bus at 9am. I can’t afford to miss the 9 o’clock bus since the next bus will be 10:55am!                                                                                            

Majority passengers in the train were the students. I love to look at students’ uniform ^^

 Quite a good looking guy sat opposite me. He was studying English language. I felt like want to talk to him but I knew Japanese writing skill and grammar were really good. Better don't embarrass myself :P Besides, most probably he was preparing for the exam. I guess it was not a good idea to disturb people.

The snowy scene made me felt blue. Perhaps the influence of Korean drama was really significant though I only watched once of the Korean drama. The song I listened to added spices into the gloomy heart.

I love to look at the snowy mountain. Mountain, mountain, mountain, it was so fascinating 

Successfully reached Johana Station. I thought it was a big station/medium size station but it was a small station! From the info, there were a lot of attractions linked to the station. Perhaps I remembered wrongly. I didn’t see any other public transport here.

Arrived at Ainokura very fast. Nobody press the bell! No choice, I had to react and pressed the bell to get off the bus. One guy get off together with me J

     

I needed to follow the signboard to walk into the village. It was pleasant to have a walk but with my heavy and burdensome luggage. It was mentally and physically torturing moment! (P/S: the torturing level was very minima among all my torturing experiences. It was just a little bit more than ordinary level)

OK. I have to say that the locker storage fee was cheap J 

(I hope to have free storage area..I know I know I am greedy)

 

Another thing I have to say was the ticket fares were extremely cheap. At first, I thought I want to save money and didn’t want to spend the ticket to go into the ‘little small museum’. But I saw again another little small museum, fine, just walked in to have a look. Don’t waste my opportunity here. This was the little small museum no.2 

               

                       

 

 

Come. Let's 'climb' up :)

  

                                        

This little small museum successfully made me in great excitement and happiness! WHY??? The things I read in Doraemon appeared in front of my eyes. I thought it was just the creativity of the author. Greatest excitement was when I saw the phone

I wished I recorded all the video here. I like traditional folk song and dance

Difficult in taking picture. When I still trying hard to take photo, a group of obasan came in…arggghhh. More even difficult, I tried to minimize the inconvenience I might bring to people! One of the obasan very nice, she offered to help me! Doomo arigatoo gozaimasu

  

Let’s go to little small museum no.1. The admission ticket for the no.2 was meant for no.1 as well. So conclusion was 200yen tickets for two museum, 100yen each!

     

This model was great to show the people the structure of the house (ｏ´∀｀ｏ)

The model wasn't just to show the structure of the house ☆^(o≧∀≦)oﾆﾊﾟｯ 

 

     

I waited at this small bus hut as the opposite bus stop was really just a bus stop! I needed to stand in such weather for the bus! Furthermore, other tourists also waiting here (then only I knew none of them wanna go further to Gokayama/Shirakawago direction)

I almost missed this bus though I waited here early! If they don't see people, they won't stop Σ(=ﾟωﾟ=;) Luckily got passenger wanted to get off here.