I'm Going To Japan

I didn't notice any maid outfit, not even at Harajuku! Yeah the best way to spot me is to find the panda-penguin combination. Not many pandas go dating a penguin nowadays. :metaldevil:

Just finished editing 2000+ photos! @_@

Day 6 photos!

Reached Kyoto and did a quick walkabout to Higashi and Nishi Honganji. Just a short day as most of the time was on the shinkansen. :)

# On the shinkansen
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# Yummy cakes at Kyoto!
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# Itadakimasu!
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# Cute baby buddha
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# They sell food for the pigeons!
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# Entrance to Nishi Honganji
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# In one of the halls
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# Bicycles! Convenient mode of transport in Kyoto
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# Waiting for our dinner
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# Hiroshima Okonomiyaki @ Kyoto
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Nice pics. Thanks again. :)

That okonomiyaki looks good.

Going to Nara, Okinawa for the summer! :hehe:
Gonna try surfing with Inoue Joe :victory:

DoroboNiichan wrote:Going to Nara, Okinawa for the summer! :hehe:
Gonna try surfing with Inoue Joe :victory:

Pray for typhoons! The best surf during the summer on Okinawa is when typhoons track from Guam to Taiwan. The surf can get heavy there!

Videos of Hachiko earlier this evening.

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Nice videos, thanks for sharing! :applaud: Going anyplace for Golden Week this year? I see they lowered the tolls so they're expecting a lot more traffic on the roads. :sweat:

At here (Malaysia), people around the world come to our island like Langkawi,Sipadan,Redang and another place.Why do you try to come our island? After you try you will know. :woot:

inamoto_yoi wrote:At here (Malaysia), people around the world come to our island like Langkawi,Sipadan,Redang and another place.Why do you try to come our island? After you try you will know. :woot:

This thread is about going to Japan, not Malaysia, Einstein. :shakehead:

Tokyo -8! :woot:

Flying next Tuesday! My sister who's never been to Japan is completely hyper about it.

I have already booked my Narita Express return tickets from Shinjuku to the airport as we are leaving at the end of golden week and I wasn't sure of the impact.

EstherM wrote:
I have already booked my Narita Express return tickets from Shinjuku to the airport as we are leaving at the end of golden week and I wasn't sure of the impact.

I'm sure the airports will be crowded, but you'll be going the opposite way so it might not be too bad. Otanoshi mi, ne. [/list:u]

gaijinmark wrote:Nice videos, thanks for sharing! :applaud: Going anyplace for Golden Week this year? I see they lowered the tolls so they're expecting a lot more traffic on the roads. :sweat:

I might go to Okinawa to visit friends.

Nice vids Takoyama, makes me want to go back again.. heh. Thanks for sharing!

Enjoy your trip EstherM! Bring back more photos!

Here're mine from day 7. Went to Daitokuji, Kinkakuji and then to Kitano Tenmangu for its flea market!

# Daisenin at Daitokuji, where the Zen Rock garden resides. No pictures allowed!
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# Kinkakuji, everyone who went there had this pic taken
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# Kinkakuji, running up close!
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# Throw your money here!
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# Cow of Kitano Tenmangu Shrine, for good harvest!
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# Kitano Tenmangu
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# Part of the roof
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# Lanterns painted in gold
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# Phone booth. Superman wouldn't want to change here...
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# How weeping cherry blossoms look when you view up!
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# Genma and gf's Kinkakuji tickets and relationship omamoris
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Genma wrote:# Genma and gf's Kinkakuji tickets and relationship omamoris
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Hmm, you're shorter than I had imagined. :beaten:

Thanks Gemna! Sure will :victory:

EstherM wrote:Tokyo -8! :woot:

Flying next Tuesday! My sister who's never been to Japan is completely hyper about it.

have a good time! i'll be going next easter and i'm already counting down. :beaten:

monta wrote:is there any way you can do a cheap backpacker trip to japan? like extremely cheap. I don't care what city I end up in as long as i can take a bath, taste the food, and interact with the people. villages in mountains are more than fine, but one thing i can't live without is water.

Monta-kun when I read this I thought of you:
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20090421kj.html

@kenjilina thanks :mrgreen: - it's a bit too early to wish you the same.

EstherM wrote:Tokyo -8! :woot:

Flying next Tuesday! My sister who's never been to Japan is completely hyper about it.

I have already booked my Narita Express return tickets from Shinjuku to the airport as we are leaving at the end of golden week and I wasn't sure of the impact.

ah... golden week, i can imagine the excessive, over abundance of crowds, as if Asia-Japan wasn't crowded enough. Nonetheless, it is a great time in Japan, and should be super exciting for your sister as her first experience. Anyways, have a wonderful trip, a safe flight, and do share your trip experiences and post often.

@GENMA,
nice photos, you took a lot of nice photos of your trip to Japan, it brings me back, and it was just one month ago, when i was just arrived back from Japan, i sure miss it. :bonk:

Day 8 photos! Did a short morning trip to Inari to walk through the thousands of toriis, then a quick ride to Hiroshima/Miyajima for the ultimate torii. :mrgreen:

# Fox statue, guardians of the inari shrines
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# The tassels remind me of Belgium!
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# So the pilgrimage up the toriis start here...
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# Is there any end to it?!?!?
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# Gundam was here! I heard this one had been there for quite some time...
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# How the toriis looked like from outside
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# Did the foxes kiss too hard?
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# Water trough's scoops very neatly placed
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# Each torii was donated by some business, here are all the donor names!
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# Gotta love the toilets, warms your butt, plays sounds to drown your natural noises, and spray-washes you squeaky clean
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Part II from Miyajima will come later :)

Genma wrote:# Gotta love the toilets, warms your butt, plays sounds to drown your natural noises, and spray-washes you squeaky clean
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LOL, the Japanese and their high-tech bidets... :hehe:

Did you try the thing out?