Destination: Japan

More temples than you can shake something at

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 | By spongey | Views [1025]

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 [531]

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

Gallery: Kyoto

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 | By spongey | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Kyoto

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 | By leo | Photo Gallery

South Korea

Fri, 9 Nov 2007 | By rachel | Views [554]

Hi everyone. I have just returned from South Korea. It was only a 3 day trip but we did a lot. We stayed at my friends lisa's friends house. He is Canadian and teaches English in Korea. The food in Korea is amazing. As you can see from the pictures ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Gallery: Korea

Thu, 8 Nov 2007 | By rachel | Photo Gallery

Castles and Temples

Mon, 5 Nov 2007 | By the-haines-rtw | Views [292]

Well yesterday (Sun) saw us check in at the Kyoto Backpackers Hostel which is a great place with FREE internet AND laundry!!!  It's a bit far out of the centre of Kyoto but lovely nevertheless.  We decided to take a bus trip to the Golden Palace and ... Read more >

Tags: Beautiful Japan

We LOVE Japan

Sun, 4 Nov 2007 | By the-haines-rtw | Views [441] | Comments [2]

Well..so far we have had an amazing time in Japan!  We're struggling a bit with the language, and also the flipping japanese symbols on the keyboard which means we can never find the 'at' key and therefore can't use hotmail at present but anyhoo.. Day ... Read more >

Tags: Tokyo to Kyoto

Wakayama city

Sat, 3 Nov 2007 | By roxyfish | Views [467]

Well today (the first day of my looooonnnnnngggg weekend!) I decided to go and explore Wakayama central business district.  Not hugely exciting considering I'm on a long weekend however a bit of R&R was what was needed due to I've been working and ... Read more >

Tags: Relaxation

Shabu-Shabu & Hot Springs

Sat, 3 Nov 2007 | By yasuko | Views [2101]

Shabu-Shabu and the Hot Springs Yasuko’s old school friend Kimi and her husband took us out for Shabu-Shabu at a local restaurant just around the corner from the family home, which was very impressive.   Typical of older style Japanese restaurants, ... Read more >

Tags: Relaxation

Gallery: HOT SPRINGS

Sat, 3 Nov 2007 | By yasuko | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Ayu & Shabu Shabu

Sat, 3 Nov 2007 | By yasuko | Photo Gallery

Osaka to Kyoto

Thu, 1 Nov 2007 | By greenalligator | Views [836]

I arrived in Osaka from Sydney at 11.30pm, 16 th October, so you’re probably wondering why it has taken me 2 months to write about all my amazing, delicious, and bewildering time in Japan – I was tied up with South East Asia OK? I have a good excuse! ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Gallery: Osaka

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 | By leo | Photo Gallery

Japan so far....

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 | By the-haines-rtw | Views [319] | Comments [4]

Well we've made it.... after an 11 and a half hour flight, Carl and I are sat in the Oak Hotel in Tokyo using their free internet - yay!! We've now been up for 24 hours and we're pooped! We're going to see if we can get some kip and then we're on ... Read more >

Tags: Konichi-wa!