Ana Hotel Kyoto

... bus passes for the day, and headed out into the city. I need to take a moment to describe the doorman at the Ana Hotel Kyoto. The friendly Japanese man had spent 5 years prior in Southern California, and therefore took it upon himself to greet us at ...

... stuck with these shoes for the entire weekend even if they were wet, so I would just like to give a shout-out to the Ana Hotel for providing me with such a happy experience. Aunt Pat needed a nap and I needed to lay down ( and my ...

... different during daylight hours. After a while, we veered down a new alley and found ourselves in front of the Royal Hotel Kyoto. Being daring, we went in and asked the hospitality desk staff for directions to some good antique shopping areas. They were ...

... in total, but after 2 days we had to take a detour, or whatever you wish to call it, to Hiroshima due to overbooking at our hotel. Kyoto is a beautiful city which has a lot of historical value to the Japan of today. It used to be the capital of Japan, so ...

... we did as the first thing we saw as we popped into the information centre was a sign saying "no rooms in Kyoto".  We jumped on the hotel bus and arrived at the hotel to be greeted, not by the usual hotel doormen and receptionist but by Japanese women ...

... from all of the walking and exploring we'd done that day. Deciding to splurge, we took an air-conditioned taxi ride back to the hotel. The cab driver was a man that spoke English, and engaged us in conversation for the car ride. We didn't mind, but were ...

... 35 minutes from the campus by bus.              Yesterday we went up into Kyoto. It was a lot of fun. We got paired up with a couple of awesome Japanese students and they shepparded us around a ...

... satisfying at the same time.  I'm sure the Geisha just thought it was annoying.  Regardless, we got the picture.  Kyoto was a very interesting place, modern yet at the same time, very culturally rooted as it was not uncommon to see women ...

... , thats how new it is (came out in late Jan in Australia). Anyway, we headed to the Bic Camera shop here in Kyoto (5 entire floors dedicated to all things electronic and about the usual size store for Japan!!!!). Bill is getting a lot more confident ...

... in Takayama en route, but on the whole the journey suffered no interruptions and we made good time in to Kyoto and then on to our hotel. Kyoto was once the capital of Japan, from the 7th Century right up to the early 1800's.  We are here to get a ...

... sightings are very rare, we'd headed there to see the traditional wooden machiya style merchant houses, built in a design characteristic of Kyoto. Apparently due to an old tax law, these are very narrow houses that can extend for 20 meters or so ...

... we had a brief video conference to catch up on our adventure.  A fantastic way to finish the day off! Tomorrow we're hopping on the train to spend the day in Nara.  This was once the capital of Japan (before Kyoto).  Until ...

... 2 Hotel Nikko Kanazawa 2-15-1 Hon-machi Kanazawa-shi, 920-0853 Japan Phone: 81-76-234-1111 Friday Jul 2, 2010 3 ANA Hotel Kyoto NIJOJO-MAE, HORIKAWADORI NAKAGYO-KU Kyoto, 604 0055 Japan Phone: 81-75-2311155 Emergency Phone Numbers In the event of an ...

... to read and all will be revealed (this part of the story was Bills idea, he’s so funny sometimes)! The hotel is ok, I am very surprised that an ANA Crowne Plaza isn’t a 4 star even though they say they are – I have no idea how Japan ...

... JPY 24,000 ~), Hilton Nagoya (W, JPY 17500 ~), Daiwa Roynet Hotel Nagoya (W, JPY 1,2000 ~), The Westin Nagoya (W, JPY 16,000 ~) , ANA Hotel Grand Court Nagoya (W, JPY 20,000 ~), Nagoya Kanko Hotel (W, JPY 15,000 ~), Nagoya Tokyu Hotel (W, JPY 13,500 ~) ...

Sunday morning we left the Ana Hotel at 7 am with our to-go breakfast in tow and headed back to the train station where we would catch a local train to Nara. Nara is famous for having bowing deer, trained by the monks. Despite being told this, I still ...

... 'd had stayed it would have been crazy! We grabbed a late lunch on the way back through the town and took the train back to Kyoto. Whilst we were a little disappointed that we were not able to see more, we still had a lovely day and it was definitely well ...

Nagoya - Kyoto - Mt Fuji - ...

... we grabbed a bullet train 20mins south west of Kyoto to Osaka.  To be honest we were a little sad to leave Kyoto.  It is a really interesting and vibrant city with lots on offer from modern living to 8th Century architecture. By contrast Osaka, ...

Mr. T, the kids and I ate breakfast at the hotel; it was a nice peaceful restaurant, Rapport. I had scrabbled eggs, which were not as cooked through as I usually like, but they were very good. They came on top of a slice of bread; didn't eat that. :b I ...