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Travel Blogs from Wakayama
Budhisticky chram a nejhorsi jidlo
... dobre naobedvala,takze to slo. U vecere nam povidala maminka hlavaniho mnicha, bylo ji 90let. Vedeni chramu tu dedi z otce na syna.
Sly jsme se vykoupat do onsenu, krasne teple lazne a prevlekly se do yukaty. Ta se nam moc libila, takovy zupanek.
Mezitim nam mnisi ustlaly postylky. Ve vedlejsich mistnostech za papirovymi zdmi se rozjela japonska party. Ja davam spunty a spim, mamka je na tom hur.
V 5.30 nas probouzi budiky ...
So long and thanks for all the fish
... back to mainland lead us to our final night in Japan, in Wakayama City. Thanks to some organising from Jun-san, we had the treat of some crazy Japanese taiko drumming, which ...
"Ryokan on Koyasan"
... Can any of my Buddhist friends help me out here?
Our spiritual curiosity satisfied, we made our way to feed our bodies...
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BREAKFAST AND A GRAVEYARD:
Well, not at the same time!
After the quite interesting Buddhist ceremony we changed back into our yukatas and headed for breakfast. Again, all was laid out for us, ready to enjoy. And again, it was all delicious and all vegetarian. YUM:)
With the few remaining hours we had left on ...
Koyasan and an introduction to Buddah
... to this beautiful town and stay the night. Its quite a journey to get to the town but one that takes you right through bustling osaka and right into the mountains south of the big citys. after arriving at Kyoto station i headed to get my shinkensen (bullet train) to shin-osaka now this was actually quite a pleasant and very efficient experience. You pay for your non reserved ticket and are told which platform and what number to stand at and on the dot your train ...
One day and one night in Kyoto
... So Hitomi, Yuko, Tomo and that cute waiter Isami tried fancy Japanese cocktails... the girls had to run off to catch the last train to Osaka (way to go out FAR but hey it's Japan, those trains are fast, clean and time)... I visited the Golden Pavilion (Kinkaku) that I think was built in 1397, and just explored Kyoto for half a day until I had to train it up back to Tokyo, and ...