Hotel Izumi
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More shrines, temples and Chinatown
... there really wasn't anything spectacular about it. Consulting my knees, I decided to sit in the shade and people watch instead. A good decision I think. Marriages and other ceremonies occur at the shrine as shown in the attached photo.
A short ride to Hase brought us closer to the beach, and to a Japanese garden, or another temple -- Hasedera Temple. We'd purchased box style lunches ...
Excursions come with Plan C
... bars and happening, so on a right day this would be the place to be. Intereting was also the fact that the whole beach was quite littered, something you don't see at all in Japan. Maybe so tsunami debris though.
Time for a Plan B, a.k.a checking the temples. Luckily the Great Buddha statue of Daibatsu was just a walking distance away from the beach. And you know what, I am used to walking if you haven't figured that one out ...
Giant Buddha and Great Kannon
... line to Kamakura, There, we bought the local "Kamakura Free Pass - an all day travel ticket and switched to the charming little Enoden line to our first stop Hase. This is the location for another temple area including the famous Giant Buddha (11m tall) and the Great Kannon temple. A 15 minute walk from the station led us to the Giant Buddha, proper name - daibutsu. This Buddha was completed in 1252 and ...
Holiday by the Sea
... directly from your house window into the train carriage (not more than 1M away). The houses are so close! Judy and Peter you would have loved that!
The next morning was filled with a walk around the nearby island (accessed by a concourse) including a visit to the Enoshima temple, flower garden, viewing tower and caves. Mark and Aki had both been to this ...
After kabuki
... spent a long time in a huge toy shop and then un a shop where they sold paper made stuff. I spent some hours in these two shops.
At night I went to Rappongu district to meet Afsaneh, alireza, khale tahmineh, omid and armin. We met in rappongi hills which is one of the most famous skyscrapers if Tokyo. It's also has some of the most expensive flats of Tokyo in its upper floors. The first few floors is ...
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