I have always wanted to go to Japan(and see all the nice gadgets,
cars and of course chio bus) and my chance came when I have
a month or so of holidays after graduation. I left Ithaca on
the 13th of July and reached Tokyo on the 14th. I was supposed
to meet De'en in Tokyo on the 16th night so I have 2 days to
spend alone in Tokyo. We did not have any prior iternary but
made plans as we went along. Our final iternary turned out to
be:
| 20th ~ 21st June Kyoto |
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Nice blue flowers! |
Along botanical garden |
immense space |
nice Torii |
This tree is pretty old |
The Palace |
A Kimono... will wonders ever cease! |
GGXX competition. |
Travelator sushi |
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This is the nice room
we stayed in.. |
And the nice Ryokan from the outside |
everything neatly folded... by me! |
Kyoto Market |
Just a pile of leaves |
View from the train station |
Temple |
Temple |
More Temple |
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Typhoon number 6 |
Looks pretty bad... |
I don't care! |
I have an umbrella! |
Nice looking shrine |
Me with nice looking shrine |
House of ZEN |
I could stay here forever |
The lake at the temple |
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Token shot to show I was
there |
NG! |
Bamboo forest |
Bamboo forest |
Bamboo forest |
Bamboo forest |
Another shrine |
Whats the fascination with the bamboo!!!! |
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yeah.. its bamboo |
BAMBOO!!! |
A temple we walked 1 hr to get to
but it was closed due to typhoon |
Orange Torii... hmmm looks familiar.. |
Oh yeah! Same color |
Yeah we saw that already. |
Nice way to save parking space..... |
Yeah Japanese wear! I'm not sure this
is a bathrobe or pajamas.. |
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scenic. Much less crowded than Tokyo. We were caught in
a typhoon on the 2nd day but we decided to press on since
we already took a train there for the temple trail. Didn't
regret it at all!! |
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22nd
June Kyoto |
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Temple |
More Temple |
Yeah nice view of Kyoto |
Red Temple |
Here we have a temple |
Arm getting tired |
Swords on sale |
humongous Budda |
Shrine next to the Budda |
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Apparently this is where
the Last samurai was filmed |
and here |
and here |
and here |
and me |
same place |
Gigantic Torii under construction |
Yet another red temple |
Sake barrels all stacked up |
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Yes!!! A Celica |
Well this IS a temple trail after
all |
Another view of the temple |
Torii |
Torii |
Torii |
Torii |
Toriis |
Torii |
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Kyoto U |
Kyoto U again |
Well its back to the shopping district
again |
Inside the shopping district |
People playing Initial D |
final night in Yuhara Ryokan |
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