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Shiraito and Otodome Waterfalls
June 2016. After a memorable 6+ years in Japan, it was finally time for us to move out of Japan. We decided that we would have that one last trip on our way out from Nagoya. What better place for that...
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Lake Tanuki
On our last road trip in Japan, we visited Shiraito and Otodome Waterfalls in the Fuji Izu Hakone National Park. A little further to the west of Mt Fuji is the Lake Tanuki. Lake Tanuki is an artificial...
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Kyoto : The Thousand Torii gates of Fushimi Inari Shrine
Kyoto. My favorite city in Japan. Our first visit to Kyoto was in October 2010, a few months after we moved to Japan. Back then we lived in Iwaki in north east Japan, and we had taken a road trip which...
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Kyoto: Ninenzaka ,Sannenzaka and Higashiyama area
On one of our recent visits to Kyoto, we visited the Ninenzaka and Sannenzaka area of Kyoto. It is said that no visit to Kyoto is complete without visiting the Ni-nen-zaka and San-nen-zaka area. The...
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Kyoto : Yasaka Jinja
One of Kyoto's most visited Shinto shrines is the Yasaka Shrine. It's strategic location at the intersection of Gion and the Higashiyama area and its bright vermilion colored buildings make it...
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Kyoto : Nishi Honganji Temple
On our very first trip to Kyoto, we had carefully planned our list of places to visit in Kyoto with the help of a friend. Since we had limited time at our disposal, we had selected the most popular and...
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Kyoto : Higashi Honganji Temple
On our first trip to Kyoto we had stopped by at the Higashi Honganji temple which was built eleven years after the Nishi Honganji temple. At the time we were among a handful of visitors to the temple....
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Kyoto : Nijo Castle
Kyoto's Nijo castle is a flatland castle which was built in 1603 as the Kyoto residence of the first shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu. While the Tokugawa shogunate moved the capital to Tokyo (erstwhile Edo),...
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Kyoto : Heian Jingu
Kyoto is well known for its ancient temples and shrines and its historical past. Of the numerous temples and shrines in the city, the Heian Jingu, is a Shinto shrine which has a relatively short...
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Kyoto : Bamboo Forest of Sagano-Arashiyama
Recently Kyoto was named as the world's best city by Travel+ Leisure World Magazine. And Kyoto won this award second time in a row. It comes as no surprise since Kyoto offers visitors so much , be it...
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Kyoto: Kodaiji Temple
One of Kyoto's many beautiful temples is the Kodaiji temple. Located close to the Kiyomizudera temple, Yasaka shrine and Ninenzaka-Sannenzaka slopes, the temple is in the city's culturally rich...
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Kyoto: Ryozen Kannon
On our visit to the Kodaiji temple, we made a brief stop at the nearby Ryozen Kannon. Located in Kyoto's Higashiyama district, Ryozen Kannon is a war memorial commemorating the War Dead.10 years after...
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Kyoto : Ryoan-ji Temple
Kyoto is well known for its many temples and shrines. While gardens of some temples are well known too, there is the garden of one temple which is more popular than the temple itself. That temple would...
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Kyoto - Gioji Temple
Our most recent trip to Kyoto was with one of our relatives visiting from overseas. This was her second trip to Japan and she had already visited most of the popular tourist spots in Kyoto on her first...
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Nagoya : Tokugawa-en Garden
Nagoya, an industrial city in Central Japan, is not on every tourist's itinerary when visiting Japan. However Nagoya is well known for a couple of things- its cuisine known as Nagoya Meshi, the hot and...
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A visit to the Gingko Festival at Sobue
Japan has four distinct seasons and each season has its own beauty. Of the four seasons, Spring and Autumn standout for the spectacular colors that add to the beauty of nature. While Spring is...
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Tulips at Kiso Sansen Koen
One of the many parks in Japan that we have visited over the years is the Kiso Sansen Park. What makes the park unique is that it straddles three prefectures - Aichi, Gifu and Mie making it Japan's...
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Peach Blossoms - Tsukikawa Onsen
The best part about living in Nagoya is that it is well connected with most parts of Japan. And for travel enthusiasts like my family, it gives us quick access to many tourist spots- be it the...
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Wisterias at Koto-en
Japan has so many kinds of flowering plants that even after having lived here for a couple of years, I still find a flower I have never seen before. What makes it even more interesting is that there...
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Nagoya : Plum Blossoms at Nagoya Agricultural Centre
Today my friends and I went for our first Blossom viewing outing for the season. We visited the Nagoya Agricultural Centre to view Plum Blossoms. The Nagoya Agricultural Centre is a city operated...
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