Takayama--Hida Folk Village

It was go-go-go today, and after checking out both the Jinya-mae and Miyagawa morning markets, we caught the local bus for the 10-minute trip to the Hida no Sato or Hida Folk Village.Yes the whole idea seems to have "tourist-trap" written all over it, confirmed when we saw the giant maneki neko or lucky cat outside one of the tourist shops nearby. To find out the story behind the beckoning cat