Gujo-Hachiman: Your Obon Destination

We were in Japan during the Obon holiday (the reason Mike was on vacation), and Gujo-Hachiman is a little town that specializes in Obon parties. We were originally planning to go to Takayama, but it turned out to be too far away for a day trip, so we "settled" for Gujo-Hachiman. It turned out to be the highlight of our trip!

Here we are walking into Gujo-Hachiman. It's a very traditional town (no firebombings here). Note the decorations up for Obon.



Water and the river are very prominent in Gujo-Hachiman. Also very scenic...


Looking downstream (I believe). It sure was purty.


This is a natural spring that is named after a well-known poet from the area. Evidentally it is renowned for the purity of its water.