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  • Photos from Japan (mainland)

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  • Kyoto’s Sakura, Neko and Buddhist food

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    On our final 3 days in Japan we stayed with Atsu in Kyoto. We saw beautiful sakura near Ginkakuji along the Philosopher’s Path and at night time under illumination in Maruyama Koen. We made funny poses and made photo seals in a purikura amusement centre. We had tea with cats in a neko cafe. We…

  • Final days in Japan- Kyoto

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    On our final 3 days in Japan we stayed with Atsu in Kyoto. We saw beautiful sakura near Ginkakuji along the Philosopher’s Path and at night time under illumination in Maruyama Koen. We made funny poses and made photo seals in a purikura amusement centre. We had tea with cats in a neko cafe. We…

  • Local trains to Kyoto

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    We had 2 trips on our seishun 18 kippu left so we embarked on another 8 hour local train journey from Tokyo to Kyoto. The highlight was seeing Mt Fuji from the train when it stopped at Fuji station.

  • Expensive Kyoto Mushrooms

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  • Kimono and Kaimono

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    The need for sleep (especially after the overnight bus ride) overtook us so our first outing was for brunch at noon. We went to Cafe Proverbs 15:17 as we had enjoyed it so much last time we went. There seasonal menu had changed for autumn so there were new dishes to choose from. We feasted…

  • Meeting the Vikings in Kyoto

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    One of the temples/shrines that we hadn’t visited yet was Sanjusangen-do. While not a big complex, the one big wooden building houses 1001 statues of Kannon, each with 42 arms (which each save 25 worlds and somehow that adds up to saving 1000 worlds each). There are 500 statues in 10 rows either side of…

  • Kyoto Veggie Festival

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    We took the overnight bus from Tokyo to Kyoto. It left around 11.30pm from outside the Tokyo bus station and arrived around 7am in Kyoto. While we may not have gotten much sleep, it was very quiet (as Japanese people are), we were in the back row and the lights were all out most of…

  • Maiko Makeover

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    The professional photos from the Maiko Makeover at Yumekoubou Studio in Gion, Kyoto, 8th August 2009. A Maiko is an apprentice Geisha. Sorry a lot of the images are the wrong way up but I just copied them straight from the CD and couldn’t be bothered rotating them.

  • Final day in Kyoto

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    We had two more ‘essential’ sites to visit on our last day in Kyoto. It was still hot and humid so we took it easy. We made pancakes for breakfast, slowly left the apartment, caught the train to the eki, bought a day bus pass and waited for a bus to Ginkaku-ji. However, lots of…

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