Rihga Royal Kyoto

... but the most well-known among them is the Sunrise tours operated by JTB. This is the one we took as it was recommended by my hotel and more importantly agreed to by all my colleagues! Click here to go to their website.<br><br>The day tour takes you to six places; the Nijo Castle (called Nijo-jo in Japanese), Golden Pavilion (also called as Kinkaku-ji ...

... year. We were walking in the gardens where they shape pine trees using the same techniques as those used for bonsai trees. Mike stepped back to get a photo but stepped off of the walkway, stepping down into the little lake. He went crashing down and we about died laughing. Fortunately he had his camera in his left hand so it did not get wet. Another visitor was behind us with his camera and I really think that he video taped it. He followed us the remainder of our walk ...

Today we decided to rent bikes to cover more area since the places to see in Kyoto are so spread out and the subways are not used too much here. Man, it was so mush better. Although I haven't rode a bike since my 10th birthday, I still knew how to get on it. Maybe it was all this muscle mass (hehe) I was carrying that caused the bike to wobble like I was riding my bike in a pool of oil. Checking our sightseeing map, Kyoto has ...

... pictures of Rachel in different street scenes in Gion. Already, people started crowding around Rachel and taking her picture. At first, it was like a group of 5. Then the photographer let us roam as we wished throughout the traditional Gion streets. We went up to an area where they had a huge white Buddha to take pictures. I got every angle and tried to make her pose like a Geisha would pose. Again, more tourists came up and started taking pictures of her and then with her. These were ...

When I first arrived in Japan, I didn't realize just how big it is. Sure, it looks sort of big on a map, but its still dwarfed by its over sized neighbors, China and Russia. Japan may be smaller than those guys, but really, its a TARDIS. There are so many cities here that go unnoticed by travelers, because they are seen as boring small-towns. Boring? Small? Half of these places are bustling, buzzing and each have a unique atmosphere of their own and I am amazed and glad that we ...

... 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 ...

... from the Mount*in to get fed. You know, monkeys do NOTHING, but fight, e*t *nd poo. But for some re*son, you c*n spend hours just w*tching how they inter*ct *nd be endlessly entert*ined by their cr*zy shen*****ns.<br><br>Next up were the 'Nine Hells', * series of n*tur*l hot springs which h*ve (unfortun*tely) been turned into somewh*t of * themed *musement p*rk. There's * 'Demon Hell', *n 'Anim*l Hell' with * Hippo *nd * re*lly s*d looking Eleph*nt *nd even ...

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 ...

... is cooked in a sauce of Shoyu(soy sauce), sugar, Sake and again accompanied by veggies and tofu. The correct way of proceeding is to dip the ready pieces in raw egg before chowing down. Without a doubt worth the crippling bill at the end. Such service and it just goes to prove that massaging your cow is gonna make em damn tasty eating.

... de lugar es el edificio de la cerveza Asahi que asemeja una gota de cerveza para los educados, una caca dorada para los más honestos. Ese barrio nos vio quitarnos los zapatos por vez primera al entrar a una habitación. También ahí completamos el primer desembolso después de pasarnos casi una hora y media la tiendita de la esquina analizando cada producto, desde los refris hasta la sección de medicinas. El primer té verde de máquina dispensadora automática. La ...