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Travel Blogs from Kyoto
The Collapse of Japan
What a crazy day! I couldn't believe what I was seeing this morning. A little background info to start you guys off: the subway and railway (even the bus) system here is bang on. It arrives and leaves exactly as scheduled with only a handful of seconds to spare. You can set your watch by it. Anyways this morning as I was making my way to Shirahama …
Japanese toilet humour
... turkish delight) and cup of green powdered tea whilst being the centre of attention again.
Although I haven't yet finished seeing all around Kyoto, today I have to leave as it's the weekend and there is not a single hostel room available tonight! So I'm heading out to Nara, the ancient capital before Kyoto, and will be heading back here to finish it off later.
A few other Japanese quirks I've seen ...
Kyoto in a day (or is it a nutshell).
... from the inside. We were both very impressed with engineering behind the nightingale floor that are used throughout the castle.
After leaving the castle, we jumped the subway and headed on the subway and headed for the eastern part of the city. Word of warning: do no trust the scale of subway maps when calculating distance. Based on the map in the subway, we determined that we could easily ...
Dag 8, Nagasaki-Kyoto, de warmte
... moment dat je naar buiten stapt. We drinken ruim 2 liter op een dag en hoeven nauwelijks naar de wc. De zon is brandend en ongeloofelijk fel. We hebben nog nooit onze paraplu zo veel moeten gebruiken. Deze gebruiken we als parasol natuurlijk.
Toch is het goed uit te houden. Zolang je erop let dat je genoeg drinkt, heb je er niet veel last van. We hebben in ieder geval een Zonvakantie!!
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It rains in Japan
Back in Kyoto, we headed to the west side of the city to visit 2 of its most important sites, Kinkaku-ji and Nijo-jo. It started raining already when we got off the train and it just kept picking up as we went along. Stepping inside the Kinkaku-ji area, we almost immediately stood in front of its headline attraction, the Golden Pavilion. A pavilion in the middle of lake completely covered with gold leaf. An impressive sight for sure in its simple opulence.
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