Hotel Kokusai Kyoto
Horikawadori Nijojomae, Nakagyo-ku Kyoto, Kyoto, Kinki, 604 -8502, Japan
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Day 22: Goin' home!
... long exploratory quest like the last 2 trips have been. Where to next on our next major holiday? Canada & Alaska? USA road trip? Hawaii? New Zealand? A cruise?
To Japan, our 2nd favourite country in the world outside of Australia, and by extension to most of the people there, I say thank you for all of the memories we'll now keep and reflect on for the rest of our lives. I've got no doubts that we'll see you again at some point in the future.
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The Big Day
... The Skyway was a glass-enclosed walkway stretching between the east and west sides of the station. It had an amazing view of night-time Kyoto. I admired Kyoto tower and spent some time watching a fountain light show going on next to the station bus terminal before exiting on the west side of the Skyway.
I came out inside of a mall and found there were still more stairs I could climb. First, I had to find my way out of the mall and back into the main station. It took ...
Couchsurfing at its worst
... leave I told Masato that I thought that Scott was not a true couchsurfer and in my opinon has used his place as a free place to stay and access the internet. He had not really spoken to us and didn`t really make any effort, not what couchsurfing is about. And even worse he knew Masato wanted to go to the meditation class and didn`t invite him to go with him!
On the bus ride into town I lend Masato my ipod so he could listen to Birds of Tokyo ...
Kyoto - dag 2
... gebouw, maar kreeg er wel koude voeten van.
Daarna door naar het industrie gebied van Kyoto. Dat is dus niet wat je verwacht. Met industrie wordt dus het gebied bedoelt waar men "handen arbeid" verricht. Dit betekend dus dat men nog met de hand waaiers maakt, maar ook tatami matten (traditionele matten in Japanse huizen), bidkettingen, enzovoorts. Het gebied bevat allemaal kleine huizen waarin de gewone man deelproducten maakt en deze vervolgens ...
I Can't Find My Shoes!
... out well as we could see the inside of the temple from the garden, so money well spent/saved. From here we entered the bamboo forest, which was one of the main things we wanted to see in Kyoto. This was very surreal and very beautiful. The bamboo was a lovely shade of green and was extremely tall. It was also lovely and cool. The only disappointing aspect was the number of people…I couldn’t get any photo’s without them. It ...



