Takayama morning, 2004, 6AM
There are few tourists in winter at the ryokan Sumiyoshi on the Miyagawa river.
Takayama is out of the way... high in the mountains in Gifu, to the west of Tokyo.
The Miyagawa, like every Japanese river, is controlled... but still beautiful in morning blue.
Across the river the street vendors are setting up the asaichi, the morning market.