Weather: beautiful 14°C, high 26°C Accommodation: Sakara Kyoto. After a lovely late start to the day, we had a little walk around our neighbourhood to an ATM (7-11). Then we caught bus 12, which would take us to the Kinkakuji…
Japan 2015 Day 32: Arashiyama – river cruise, MONKEYS, and bamboo grove
Weather: beautiful 14°C, high 25°C Accommodation: Sakara Kyoto. After making breakfast in our flat, we took the train to Arashiyama, just outside Kyoto. It was a day packed full of awesome. First we took the Sagano Scenic Railway, which runs…
Japan 2015 Day 31: getting oriented in Kyoto
Weather: partly cloudy 14°C, high 25°C Accommodation: Sakara Kyoto. As it was our first full day in Kyoto, we decided to have a fairly relaxed day of wandering. We were able to start the day was breakfast cooked at ‘home’,…
Japan 2015 Day 31: travel from Nara to Kyoto
Weather: 17°C, high 25°C Accommodation: woke up at Guesthouse Nara Komachi; went to sleep at Sakara Kyoto. Trains: Nara 13:53 –> Rokujizou (JR Station) 14:30 (JR Nara Line) Rokujizou (Subway) 14:35 –> Higashiyama 14:57 (Kyoto City Subway Tozai Line) Today…
Japan 2015 Day 30: Nara
Weather: slightly cloudy with a shower or two 15°C, high 23°C Accommodation: Guesthouse Nara Komachi. Eskil watched a Curious George; it was even one we haven’t seen at home. Too bad it was in Japanese. Afterwards we headed out to…
Japan 2015 Day 29: travel from Kurashiki to Nara
Weather: slightly cloudy – but sunny when we arrived in Kurashiki 12°C, high 23°C Accommodation: woke up Kakure Yado Yuji-Inn; went to sleep at Guesthouse Nara Komachi. Trains: Kurashiki 9:59 –> Okayama 10:16 (JR Sanyo Line) Okayama 11:23 –> Kyoto 12:55…