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Japan Honeymoon Adventure: Last Day in Tokyo
Ah, it has all come to an end. I'm writing this entry at Narita Airport as we wait for our flight to Seoul to board. (Good thing we decided to get a flight that connected instead of a nonstop - judging by the departures board, it seems like no direct flights to Sydney are actually running right now ( Read more... ) -
Japan Honeymoon Adventure: Nara
(As written on the Shinkansen between Kyoto and Tokyo ( Read more... ) -
Japan Honeymoon Adventure: Osaka, Kyoto
Yesterday we went to Osaka. Osaka is generally considered not to be the most exciting part of Japan, and I kind of have to agree - it's just a big city. We did go to Osaka Castle, though, and I ate some delicious yakiniku and banana crepesThen today we just did a bit of shopping around Kyoto. Desiree wanted to buy some art that we saw at a shop ( Read more... ) -
Japan Honeymoon Adventure: Inari, Arashiyama
Today was the day of many stairs! Kyoto is surrounded by mountains, and the only way up is up the stairs.
First, we climbed up through countless torii gates in Inari. Inari is full of fox shrines, and the paths are practically covered with torii gates. It's pretty breathtaking to see ( Read more... ) -
Japan Honeymoon Adventure: Gion, Central Kyoto
We arrived yesterday afternoon in Kyoto. It was raining... hard. I got really overwhelmed in the train station, so rather than try to figure out the subway and stuff, we opted to take a cab. Luckily it was close! (Although the cab driver did get slightly lost. However, it was more of a "which building is yours?" issue rather than a "we're on the ( Read more... ) -
Japan Honeymoon Adventure: Hakone, Odawara
(as written on the Shinkansen between Odawara and Kyoto)
We have spent the last day and a half in Hakone, which is a mountain retreat just outside Tokyo. We rode on the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Odawara, where we switched for a train to Hakone-Yumoto. Our hotel was just a bus away from there.
We stayed at a ryokan (traditional Japanese hotel) that ( Read more... ) -
Japan Honeymoon Adventure Lite: JISHIN!!!
Yes, there was a magnitude 6 earthquake offshore from Chiba last night. We are down to the southwest in Hakone, and while it was a literal kick in the pants (as we are staying at a traditional sleep-on-the-floor Japanese hotel and had just gone to bed), we are fine. Japan is not going to fall into the ocean or anything. Promise ( Read more... )