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18 November 2023
Kyoto to Tokyo by Shinkansen
Allow me to tell my day in reverse order with minimal supporting photos in a very succinct format. I have been typing too much. My hotel is the s....
Buddha loves Amex
17 November 2023
Sannenzaka and Kiyomizu-dera
Before I get to why Buddha loves Amex, which is amazing, let me go on for a bit of a rant about my laundry. I googled coin laundry, there were 3 ....
Night of the long corridors
16 November 2023
Kyoto covered shopping areas
Look closely at tonight's pics, none of them are outside. My hotel has a corridor that goes to a lift (elevator) that goes down to the subway. Thi....
Behind the station
15 November 2023
Kyoto station area
I forgot to go to the helicopter pad on the top. I like the Kyoto station, it is very modern and vertical, with a roof garden, which I forgot to g....
Most of the main drag
14 November 2023
Kyoto shopping area
Everyone who has been to Japan has been to Kyoto and walked up and down the main shopping street to the shrine at the end, past the 2 x covered sh....
Long waste of a day
14 November 2023
Osaka to Kyoto by local train
I could have walked here. Maybe that is a plan for another trip? Anyway, today I set out and succeeded in wasting the whole day getting from Osaka....
The temple run
1 November 2017
Exploring every Kyoto temple and shrine on foot
Now I am in Osaka, its only 30 minutes from Kyoto on the cheap $5 train. Therefore, I had time to visit all the temples in Kyoto this morning befo....
Halloween was Saturday
31 October 2017
The abandoned streets of Higashiyama
Apparently Halloween was Saturday, not yesterday, and not today as it should have been, but Saturday. Japan will move any event so it doesnt clash....
Thwarted
31 October 2017
The Kurama to Kibune hike was blocked by typhoon damage
Thwarted is one of my favourite words. Normally because I use it to describe how I prevented someone else from achieving their nefarious goals. To....
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