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... naranja como es costumbre, se pueden ver las linternas de bronce colgando de los pasillos exteriores. En uno de los edificios interiores se puede ver el altar y en el mismo patio un manzano y un cedro japones.<br><br>Aparte de lo que acabo de mencionar y unos cuantos ciervos, no habia mucho mas que ver... la verdad es que me desilusiono un poco. Pero empezamos a caminar para ver el Daibutsu y pronto llegamos al templo ...

... blaring out of all the shops and the hustle and bustle of the place can make you feel trapped in this noise hole, and even your beloved ipod cannot save you! It reminded me of malls in the Philippines where noise also tends to be omnipresent... I guess it's part of the experience... but not for me! That's when you need to think back to the incredible silence in some of the temples and the soothing water running in the forests ...

... could make it to mcdonalds before lockdown since we had a curfew. it didnt matter we were back in time and we snuck out again later that night to get more food for others who didnt. our traditional breakfast was even worse. non of us were in the mood to even try the crazy seaweed encrusted food and pickled vegitables infront of us. again we all booked it to mcdonalds to find ...

... Shrine. Both in color and architecture, it felt like a smaller version of Heian-Jingu in Kyoto. However, there are 2 main difference: this shrine has thousands of lanterns and it has 4 separate mini-shrines for the 4 deities that the shrine has been dedicated to. There were crosses on the mini-shrines. Half of the cross was attached to the roof of the mini-shrine, while the other half was free standing. As I was exiting the shrine, a 60-year-old Japanese ...

It was at 5 in the morning that I took the first train from Shin-Tanabe to Kyoto. I headed for my guesthouse as soon as I got to Kyoto to catch some sleep. It is comparatively safer to rough-sleep in Japan than other countries and I had experienced rough sleeps many times, but it would have been avoidable this time if I had been more careful. Anyway, I was tired out from the rough sleep with the noise of a bike gang and finally reached the guesthouse to take a short ...

... different levels. The center tank, which represents the Pacific Ocean, is around ten meters deep and holds a whale shark who looks like he is having a blast... with his one facial expression. I can tell. There was also a tank showing you what the dive sites around Japan's tropical mecca, Okiwana, are like. All I can say is, I'm coming back to Japan in spring.<br><br>Osaka's main castle was incredibly beautiful as well, but like many of the castles in Japan, was a replica and ...

... there. My fin*l word for this entry will be simply this; *lthough *ll the temples *nd shrines we visit *re spect*cul*r sites, I must s*y I grow quite w*ry of the J*p*nese tr*dition of removing ones shoes before entering such grounds. Not bec*use its * h*ssle *s such - *lthough my hiking shoes *re p*rticul*rly irrit*ting to do b*ck up *g*in - but bec*use *ll the s*nd*ls here seem like they were designed for leprech*uns to we*r *nd *bsolutely kill my gi*nt f*t-feet.<br><br>Until next time,<br>Tom out.<br>

... ter is good w*ter.<br><br>And now? Now, we *re in Kyoto. Ap*rt from Miy*jim* isl*nd, I c*n cert*inly s*y this is/will be my f*vorite pl*ce so f*r, even on the first d*y. This pl*ce h*s sophistic*tion, *tmosphere, but best of *ll, history. Within the first few blocks of Kyoto st*tion - which in itself is *n *ttr*ction - you could pick out * few sm*ll temples *nd shrines. Not to mention * gi*nt c*stle complex, which holds Nijo C*stle, built by the founder of the ...

... worst soda ever, I won't drink that rubbish". Dealing with sarcasm was a problem for James and a beady scowl greeted my repost of "The Pepsi challenge must have been a piece of **** for you then". He was in Kyoto to learn Japanese and had been here for 3 months. Emmigration is his eventual goal but the experience of a friend who married a local has warned him off any "Now you are my wife" scenarios. Apparently when you divorce a Japanese chick you have to divorce the whole ...

... the character for butt-wash!!(p.s.-i`m keepin the language friendly because my mom is readin these! ;-) ) but let me tell you that i wrote it down in my handy little notebook straight away! so anyway, i was so scared that i hopped off the thing but it kept errupting. so i had to grab a towel from the laundry basket and mop it up. and in doing so, i noticed that the toilet still had a manual flush handle off to the side, like any other normal toilet ...