Mitsui Garden Hotel Kyoto Shijo

... Good de*l. <br><br>W*lked downhill (fin*lly!) from temple to m*in street. Got some okonomiy*ki. It&#8217;s *n egg omelet with c*bb*ge *nd other stuff inside *nd/or on top. They cook it on * fl*t top (griddle) *nd they put it in front of you on your own built-in fl*ttop. You then use the little sp*tul* *nd cut it up *nd e*t it right off the fl*t top. They were ok. We ordered * double sized portion to split *nd it took forever. A ...

... houses a huge shopping centre and a rooftop garden from which you can have great views of the city. The station is Japan's second largest. We had a look around and ended up in this huge electrical store where we whiled away some happy hours playing with gadgets!! Japan is probably the best country in the world to play with gadgets. we tried out massage chairs, keyboards, drumkits, and spent a while in the ...

... t really come in handy when your town is under attack by an army of angry Samurai wielding flaming torches. Which is why almost everything is a reconstruction. Unfortunately, Todaiji was partially burned down during the first few years after it was made. Yet it still stands to this day and is gigantic. Whats scarier is that what stands now, is still just one third of the original.<br><br>Inside Todaiji Temple is the most breathtaking thing I have ever seen. It contains Japan's ...

... confirmed by not only my own suspicions, but th*t of *n Americ*n b*ckp*cker I met this morning, this viewpoint w*s not only sh*red *nd *ll too entirely recognized by other tr*velers, but it seems just *bout eighty-five percent of foreigners within J*p*n seem to be Austr*li*n. Something to do with che*p *irf*res no doubt. Anyhow, when they're not oggling R*ch*el, drinking *nd gener*lly keeping everyone in the hostel up with their drunken shen*****ns, they're *ttempting to cr*m this 'go to ...

... for two d*ys *nd spent the first d*y exploring Fukuok*: Which *ctu*lly only re*lly involved going to C*n*l City, * huge complex th*t h*s been n*med * 'city within * city'. It h*d ret*il stores from Gucci to Hello Kitty, Pokemon Centers, Hundreds of b*rs, * The*tre (Which w*s showing the Lion King music*l) *nd even Hotels. We ended up wondering *round *nd getting lost *nd eventu*lly found * Movie The*tre, *nd decided to go see Sweeney Todd. Lets just s*y, I ...

If there are two things and two things only that confuse the **** out of me about Japan it is simply this; for a country that appears to be so clean and hygienic in even the busiest of big cities, why is it that there are never any bins to be found? Secondly, for a people that are so obsessed with hygiene and world renowned for their taking of certain inventions and improving them above and beyond the call of duty - namely, the toilet - why is it that eighty percent of all ...

... people bustling around on bikes and foot. Went for a wander to the temple first thing, An impressive building on a nice site near a river. Plenty of autumnal colours. Lots of little stalls, the strangest probably being a fairy floss stall, complete with choice of Mickey, Snoopy, Hello Kitty or Power Rangers bags, which was nestled amongst grave decoration stalls. Odd. Wandered round all the ...

... our Kaiseki dinner early this evening. This place is crazy!!! Again there are masses of humanity buzzing in and out of all the shops leading uphill toward the temple. This is Higashiyama-ku's most famous temple, known throughout Japan for the grand views afforded from its main hall. Founded in 798 and rebuilt in 1633 by the third Tokugawa shogun, Iemitsu, the temple occupies an exalted spot on Mount Otowa, with its main hall constructed over a cliff and featuring a ...

... orange. The Gojo Temple had some awesome doors and like the Kiyomizu Dera it was elevated to offer beautiful views. What else...oh yeah, I even visited the Shogun Temple! Really I did. The Shogun Temple even has floor security. When you walk on it it sounds like birds chirping. No matter how softly you try ...