New Hankyu

We arrived in Kyoto via the Hankyu line. This train is a much cheaper way to travel between Osaka and Kyoto (about 1/3 the price!) but it takes a little longer (around 45 mins). The other point to note is that you don't arrive at the central station, but ...

... pounds of luggage, but it'll due if it means saving 1000 yen.  The hotel that we stayed at was fantastic (called the Hotel New Hankyu, for those among you who are interested), had a fabulous view of the city and everything (if I can figure out how to ...

... (Sunshine City Prince) in Tokyo, luggage transfer service from Tokyo to Osaka, Bullet Train to Osaka, 2 nights hotel in Osaka (New Hankyu), escorted Kyoto morning tour, transfer service to Osaka airport, flight to Bangkok, 3 night stay at a 5-star(!) ...

... 2 hour nap (no that isn't good for jetlag!). Rest of afternoon was spent trying to wake the kids up (1 hour), hitting the new Hankyu department store so Anthony could look for a belt (he forgot his), dinner with O'Malleys in an alfresco Japanese yakitoro ...

... Bill managed to steer us in the right direction towards Daimaru which is a big department store here in Japan as I needed a belt for the new jeans I had purchased for this trip – they kept falling down (no, not because I had lost weight, I had about ...

... ’s most popular single malt. Guided tours of the distillery take around an hour and are free, 10am-3pm every day except Sundays. JR Yamazaki Station, JR Kyoto line, Hankyu Oyamazaki Station http://theyamazaki.jp/en/distillery/guide.html ...

... Kyoto nonstop for 30 minutes & the other one with stops for 40 minutes (both 540 Yen), and the last one was from JR Hankyu to a different station in Kyoto which only costed about 300+ Yen. We decided to go with the 40 minute train from Osaka to ...

... disorientating experience in an underground mega-mall cutting through fast-paced currents of pedestrians with my heavy backpack on, I reached the Hankyu train line and boarded...Destination: Kyoto. Once in Kyoto about an hour and a half later, I was ...

... art museum. I can't tell you much about it, other than it was a very wealthy man (he started the huge Hankyu train line and department store), who had this collection. The gardens surrounding the museum were beautiful. I'm always in amazement of the ...

The Nachi Waterfall had been on the list of my destinations for a long time and, last month, I happened to find a tour of Hankyu Trapix to Seigantoji Temple, which was close to the waterfall. I hesitated to join the tour, because I was still tired ...

De laatste dagen zijn aangebroken, morgen nog een beetje shoppen en dan vliegen we weer terug naar het mooie Nederland. Om aan te geven dat Japan verrassend is, hierbij een kort verhaaltje over een ontmoeting van vandaag... Japanners zijn een stuk minder ...

Als je denkt dat je scherm verkeerd staat afgesteld, omdat je veel roze ziet... maak je maar geen zorgen. Wij zijn namelijk in de ban van de Japanse kersenbloesem. Dit is één van de redenen dat we naar Japan zijn gegaan. Kijk en geniet van de plaatjes ...