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Hiroshima-Miyajima island
Here again very different vibes. The weather also helped set the moods. After a Shinkansen train ride to Hiroshima and a ferry ride to Miyajima, it's a short walk up deserted, narrow and steep streets to get to our guest house. The next morning, strolling among hundreds of souvenir and food stalls o...
Kyoto, Nara
Koyto gives a much different feel. First, our hotel room with its private Onsen and its perfectly orchastrated breakfast and dinner degustation menus transports you far away from the hustle and bustle of the mere common people. There are probably more temples, shrines and.......tourists than in Toky...
First day in Tokyo.
Such crowds! Looks like probably any capital of the world when millions descend all at once on a country. You shuffle your feet everywhere you go.
First night in Tokyo.
After a long but quite comfortable plane ride in business class from Denver where we met with Chi Huyen, we landed at Narita Airport along with thousands of tourists. An hour train ride took us to our destination: Asakusa, Tokyo