RURIKOIN TEMPLE – looking through the windows Thursday – the usual 7am breakfast and then it is a medley of trains etc to get us to Rurikoin Temple that is only open twice a year – cherry blossom time and…
2018 Incredible Japan – Day 12 Part 2
TOGETSUKYO BRIDGE to KIMONO FOREST – bridges and materials Well, if you are expecting some photos of the bridge – you will be disappointed. We did get to walk over it but the opportunity to take photos was non existent…
2018 Incredible Japan – Day 12 Part 1
SAGANO to GINKAKUJI – bamboo groves and silver sands Wednesday – another early start – meeting in the lobby at 5.30am (yoiks) so that we can head out for the Sagano Bamboo Forest. We have to catch a train from…
2018 Incredible Japan – Day 11 Part 2
KYOTO – gardens by night Walking back to Okayama Station – more plastic food reminds me that I am a tad hungry. We are having lunch at this station before two more train journeys takes us to Kyoto. We check…
2018 Incredible Japan – Day 11 Part 1
OSAKA to KYOTO – gardens by day Tuesday – this morning we had the option of going to the Osaka Central Market Tuna Auction at 3.45am. Everyone decided to give it a miss. A very relaxing sleep after an early…