Japan - Kyoto to Tokyo Kyoto, Japan's tourist Mecca! During my research the number of people banging on about the place was mind-boggling. Lots of temples to see apparently, but in my world there is such a thing as too many temples.ย Fortunately I stumbled across a handy itinerary that took in Kyoto's main attractions while …
Japan - Oita to Osaka The instigator for this trip to Japan was the Rugby World Cup and after a cramped ninety minute train ride from our hotel in Kitakyushu to Oita city we had finally achieved our objective with time to spare. England would be playing Australia and there was time to enjoy many …
Japan - Kobe to Oita. It's not very usual to have to remove shoes before entering a youth hostel and usually you would try to avoid such a request, yet many hostels in Japan do ask of this etiquette which of course you follow. You don't mind here. A hostel in Japan is often like …
Tokyo - Japan. What has Japan done to be able to cast off such a wicked past and earn the respect of every person to have ever travelled to it's beautiful shores? My home (at least when I'm there), the United Kingdom appears to be forever carrying the burden and guilt of empire but Japan …
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