Toyama Glass Museum

In Toyama city there is a unique and modern library building. This building houses the Toyama Glass Museum, which features work from local glass artists and the infamous Dale Chihuly. Chihuly has exhibitions all over the world and, rather surprisingly, also in Toyama! So on one of our colder and less ‘outside’ winter holiday days…

On A Boat

Ahoy me maties, yar yar and a bottle of rum etc. During our recent trip to Toyama Dan and I decided to hijack ourselves a rather splendid sail boat. She was the quite the beauty, and all ours to enjoy. We arrived on a wet and windy day, just before the snow came, to enjoy…

Christmas Day 2018

In 2018 Dan and I spent our first Christmas in Japan after over two and a half years of living here. We spent it on Toyama in our unique Airbnb. Our actual day started off slowly with a late wake up, a bit of book reading (I indulged in a festive bit of Bridget Jones’…

Shirakawa

Shirakawa-Mura is an area in North Gifu prefecture, which borders Toyama, and is the home to some unique thatched houses, which are, of course, a World Heritage Site. The houses were nice and the town was very quaint. However, the best bit…the best bit was the drive there! Over rolling mountains and around beautiful green…