Destination: Japan

Gallery: Hiroshima and Miyajima

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 | By sarahandphil | Photo Gallery

Toilets

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 | By butlerkathy | Views [615]

It's amazing the things you find interesting in another place. In this particular instance the toilet is an adventure. I haven't ventured to try any of the buttons but I suppose I do appreciate that the seat is warmed. Only on low though, don't want ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures

Gallery: Tokyo

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 | By sarahandphil | Photo Gallery

Arrived in Japan

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 | By butlerkathy | Views [536]

After 22 hours of travel we finally arrived in Japan. Last night we felt very Lost in Translation as we took a 2+ hour bus ride from Narita to the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka. Crazy traffic. We went out last night and got some sushi and miso soup.... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Kobe, Himeji Castle (& Okonmiyaki)

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 | By yasuko | Views [3287]

Kobe , Himeji Castle , (& Okonomiyaki) It’s quite a long time since we were in Kobe and it took us a while to get our bearings.   We were looking for our favourite little Okonomiyaki shop where we used to go 35 years ago, but we couldn’t ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Gallery: Kobe & Himeji Castle

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 | By yasuko | Photo Gallery

Shizuoka & Kyoto

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 | By yasuko | Views [1351]

Shizuoka & Kyoto: (Temples , Shrines & Maiko-san) We took the Shinkansen about one hour to Shizuoka to meet Nobuko Kawashima, another of Yasuko’s friends, and hopped off the train long enough to have some delicious sushi, a cup ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Gallery: Shizuoka & Kyoto

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 | By yasuko | Photo Gallery

Wasting away

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 | By spongey | Views [661] | Comments [2]

Coming to the end of the Japan leg of the trip was interesting. A three night period where only 1 of the nights would be spent in an actual bed, and the rest would be spent on transportation. It didn't encourage me in the slightest when Raul informed ... Read more >

Tags: Budgets & money

So theres this giant enemy crab

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 | By spongey | Views [655] | Comments [1]

And thats all i'm going to say about him... We ventured out on public transport, as it seemed too far to walk to get to the golden temple, even for two hardenned walkers like me and Raul. Infact we were seemed as strange (for other reasons as well) ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Yokohama & Yakitori

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 | By yasuko | Views [2301] | Comments [1]

Yokohama & Yakitori (Friends & Food) We got off the Shinkansen at Shinagawa ( Tokyo ) and took the local train to Kannai ( Yokohama ) – avoiding too many changes.   At 4.30 in the afternoon it was almost dark and threatening to rain ... Read more >

Tags: Friends

Gallery: Yokohama & Yakitori

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 | By yasuko | Photo Gallery

The floor!

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 | By spongey | Views [664]

running out of time at the library (free net access is great), so i might not get everything i need into this story! i will say it is GREAT! to get my capslock back, as the japanese dont need a capslock with them using funky symbols and not proper letters ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

More temples than you can shake something at

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 | By spongey | Views [1041]

Kyoto is temple town, there are over 3,000 temples and shrines and having come from seeing some in Tokyo i wasn't enjoying the prospect of being "templed out" very soon but! Kyoto has some very different ones, golden ones, silver ones, an ... Read more >

Tags: Friends

Moving

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 | By spongey | Views [553]

Kyoto, its been a long time since i got to sit at a computer, as the connection in the hostel at kyoto was poor, though that really was the only thing about the place that was. we decided to move over to Kyoto as we saw a cheap overnight bus transport ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road