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Kinkakuji and Ryoanji

Ah, time to start anew yet again! Today the weather would cooperate quite nicely, I’m glad to say.  Which was a good, good thing. First order of business was getting to Kinkakuji.  Now, a more seasoned traveller might try and navigate the Kyoto City Bus system in a suitably skillful matter and avoid what we [...]

First Day in Kyoto! Tenryuji, Sagano, and SNOW!

(Continued from Journal 2011: Day 7: Bound for Kyoto) Man, I’m ashamed I left this sit for so long.  Aaaanyywaaay. Got up that morning bright and early wanting to take in the sights of the Saga-Arashiyama area.  We planned to stick around the immediate area, just to get our bearings and not get ourselves overwhelmed [...]

Bound for Kyoto

(Continued from Journal 2011: Day 6, The Day of Nothing) Our last morning in Tokyo.  We decided last night that we’d take an alternate route to find breakfast this morning, so we headed south, underneath the expressway to (wait for it) Denny’s.  Yes, that bastion of grand slams, cops n coffee, and truckers back home [...]

The Day of Nothing

(Continued from Journal 2011: Day 5, Sardines, Shibarikyu, and Pokemon!) So. Our last full day in Tokyo.  The train situation towards Kamakura/Enoshima is still FUBAR.  Can’t get there, can’t get around if we did get there.  Getting back is not a constant….  I guess that is right out.  CRAP.  Not only that, but the non-zero [...]

Sardines, Shibarikyu, and Pokemon!

(Continued from Journal 2011: Day 4, Return to Takaosan) Yeah, the Shonan Shinjuku line to Kamakura and/or Ofuna isn’t running again today. AND the Enoden wasn’t running. Return trip to Enoshima was ruled out for today. There’s always tomorrow, right? It was time to get on the Yamanote line for Hamamatsucho station.  I read it [...]