May 7, 2015
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My favourite manga is the epic pirate fantasy, One Piece, and it so happened that the One Piece “theme park” at Tokyo Tower opened on the Friday of my visit. Friend S was keen to check it out too so … Continue reading
May 1, 2015
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Picking up where I left off! This area within the Tatemono-en is called the Shitamachi-naka Street. (Looks fairly quiet here but within 15 minutes of so the crowd grew quite a bit. Presumably people finished looking at the Ghibli exhibit … Continue reading
April 29, 2015
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I met up with my friend S on my last full day in Japan. We took the train out to the Koganei suburb and after a bit of hunting around the small station to locate the right bus stop, we … Continue reading
April 26, 2015
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Didn’t do many photo-worthy things today. Travelled from Kyoto back to Tokyo via bullet train, checked in at the Ryumeikan again and went out for some shopping. I needed to look for a bag I could use as carry-on luggage … Continue reading
April 23, 2015
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The main thing I did on Day 6 was… Go to Uji for a couple of hours. lol Uji is about 20-30 minutes from Kyoto en route to Nara. Length of time depends on whether you take the local or … Continue reading
April 20, 2015
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It’s been a busy and exhausting week but I finally have time to write another Japan post! I was changing hotels on this day and as my next hotel would be at the Kyoto Station and not within easy walking … Continue reading
April 11, 2015
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Day 4 became my “art” day. I had an appointment at Marumasu-Nishimuraya for a kyo-yuzen workshop (requesting English instruction, naturally). You get to choose the item on which you want to paint your chosen stencil(s) and you pay according to … Continue reading
April 5, 2015
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After a short stroll around Kawaramachi, I hopped on a bus and headed to Gojo-zaka to see the Hanatouro. The Hanatouro (which I only found out about in January this year) is a small festival where they line some of … Continue reading