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Paul's and Janita's Travel Site Site. Top ten travel tips. Some of our travels. Tokyo for kid(s) 2015. Langkawi, Malaysia 2014. Xian to Amsterdam, Overland, 2014. USA Deep South 2014. China and Japan - Asian Giants. KL, Vietnam and Cambodia, 2012. USA, Alaska, Canada 2012. Japan - At Last. Three Continents, South Africa, UK, Ireland and Japan 2011. Malaysia Because We Could 2010. USA 2009, Route 66 Road Trip. Europe 2008-2009, A Snowless Winter. USA and Canada 2006-2007, East Coast Oddesy.
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Japan at Last: First day in Tokyo
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Sunday, October 2, 2011. First day in Tokyo. 1 October - Oak Hotel, Ueno, Tokyo. Lucky it was Sunday for our first day in Tokyo. By some accounts, Tokyo-Kawasaki-Yokahama is the largest city in the world. Thirty plus million people live in this tightly-packed, mega city and, while quite a few of them were out and about today, it wasn't the mayhem we had expected. Weirdo' spotting and people-watching are the reasons thousands flock to the narrow streets of Harajuku. The shops are crammed with almost u...
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Japan at Last: Himeji and some Misconceptions
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Friday, October 7, 2011. Himeji and some Misconceptions. 7 October, APA Hotel, Himeji. Another quick trip on the Shinkansen today. We have now travelled more than 600kms from Tokyo through the flat plains of eastern Honshu. The whole way has been solid, wall-to-wall city. We have seen some densely populated areas in our travels, but this takes the cake. It's about time we commented on a couple of things about impressions of Japan. First, costs, one of our favourite topics! The last misconception leads us...
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Japan at Last: Kyoto Enough Temples!
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Thursday, October 6, 2011. 4 October, APA Hotel, Kyoto. He explained a lot of what we were seeing as we flew through eastern Honshu. Most of the 500kms or more through which we travelled is densely populated because many of the largest Japanese industries are located here. Toyota, Honda, Sony and many other household name manufacturing giants call eastern Honshu home. 6 October, Kyoto. Century and some of the best preserved in Japan. Earlier in the day we did a tour of the gardens of the Sento Palace, pa...
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Japan at Last: October 2011
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Sunday, October 16, 2011. Tokyo again, Food and Review. 12 October, Oak Hotel, Tokyo. Today we hit the tracks early to Nikko, one of the must-do areas of central Honshu. It was an interesting trip through some farm land, different from the urban gardens we've seen to date. We actually saw a few cows! Encased in an enormous industrial building during refurbishment, we felt somewhat justified in our tight-waddedness. Remember that we are bargain level travellers, so we are looking for value, and sometimes ...
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Japan at Last: Tokyo Two
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Monday, October 3, 2011. 3 October, Oak Hotel, Ueno. Film buffs, particularly older ones, will recall the 70s hit. Soylent Green, will remember that the core tenet of this flick was that, as food resources ran out, we humans turned to some outrageous substitutes for what nature provided. Shops in Japan are flooded with snack foods that, on the surface, are 'real food' - nuts, drinks and cereals that look and feel like the real thing. But! It works for locals as well as travellers. We are a couple of 'mid...
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Japan at Last: Photo Special - Japan Weird Stuff
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Monday, October 10, 2011. Photo Special - Japan Weird Stuff. Language and cultural differences provide us with an enormous amount of amusement while travelling. Japan is a treasure trove of weird stuff. Here are a few of our favourites! Harajuku - 'Dress up girls' parade the streets in weird outfits. Cartoon signs advertising slot machine parlours. Slide at a pre-school. A munckhin escape route, or just a way to get them home in the afternoon? Street parade. Samurai piper? View my complete profile. Queen...
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Japan at Last: Takayama - into the countryside?
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011. Takayama - into the countryside? 10 October, Nagoya. The climb up to Takayama was through some splendid mountain scenery, with some of the trees just showing the first glint of autumn colours. The railway followed swift-flowing, clear mountain streams for most of the route. Sadly, although understandably, some of this natural beauty has been spoilt by numerous hydro-electric stations and dams. Their associated towers and cables were draped over almost every slope. Three Contine...
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Japan at Last: Hiroshima, trains, buses and trams
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Saturday, October 8, 2011. Hiroshima, trains, buses and trams. 8 October, Himeji – Hiroshima. Language is no barrier either. Numbered lines and trains assist in more remote areas, but in larger cities, all stations and stops are announced in English. Everything is so well ordered. When a train pulls into a station, departing passengers are lined up at the appropriate spot on the platform that will be precisely where the door will open when the train stops. Amazing stuff! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
