I'm Going To Japan

Another free trip to Japan contest: http://japantrainsweeps.com/client/nationalge/lm1/images/japantrainsweeps.html

Sorry, trying to upload pictures with my mobile phone. Not succeeding : (

Now trying to post a link to the picture:
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Btw. It's the Shin-kyou bridge at Nikko.
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Garden at Hase-dera temple in Kamakura.
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Great Buddha at Kamakura. It has windows at the back : )
I hope this size is allowed here. Please warn me if it' s too big.

More pictures:
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Shibuya information centre : D
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Photo's with signatures of the cast of Yae no Sakura just before an attendant came to politely warn me not to photograph these : )

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My first Japanese curry
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Hello Kitty curry : )

Since I'm a tourist in Japan, I'm mostly following a tourist trail. Set out by the lonely planet guide. But the lonely planet ain't so lonely. The places it recommends are really rather busy. That's allright though. In Kyoto I left the trail a couple of times, and it gave me some delightful discoveries. A huge temple complex with no one there. Near the bamboo walk, but in a different direction. And next to the highly recommended Nanzen-ji is the lesser promoted Konchi-in. That is a garden so beautiful that I got all teary eyed. It has a beatiful temple as well. During my visit there of an hour or so, I met no one. It was serene...

Now watching the sun set in Nara. Really beautiful! I'll post a picture later.

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And then there was obon in Nara
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^ Cool...! :victory:

Now in Mishima to climb Fuji san a little. First time television on my room. Started watching Summer Nude real time. Then lots of commercials, a preview for Woman (with a huge spoiler alas), more commercials and then a SMAP thingy with Katori Shingo in drag : P and more commercials (now with SMAP members in some of them. Nice to see this commercial fest one time, but extra happy with D-Addicts now :mrgreen:

Beautiful photos. I really like the first one with the misty river and the obon one with red lanterns. :) Thanks for sharing.

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And then there was obon in Nara
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Wow, these photos are beautiful! :applaud:

Glad you guys like it. Went up Fuji san today. Will post some photo's of that after dinner : )

antspace wrote:Glad you guys like it. Went up Fuji san today. Will post some photo's of that after dinner : )

If you can, you might want to scale down the pics: they're a bit slow to load because of their size. :sweat:

Sorry, you're right. Problem is, I'm posting with my phone and I don't have an app to scale the pics. Was looking for that, and will keep on with the searching.

This might work:
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More tomorrow. Must sleep now, yaaaawn.

antspace wrote:Sorry, you're right. Problem is, I'm posting with my phone and I don't have an app to scale the pics. Was looking for that, and will keep on with the searching.

If you use Imageshack, they'll scale the image for you after uploading. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
If you use Imageshack, they'll scale the image for you after uploading. :victory:

I know, but not in their mobile version of the site : (
I also tried their mobile app, but that didn't work at all on my phone. Then I installed a photo editor that could't scale pictures. It could give them nice different colors though : p
Yesterday I found an app that does scale the pictures. So I'll be using that for the last couple of days. Flying home on friday : (

Actually, I at first didn't go up mt. Fuji summit, as I didn't know if I would have enough time to make it back to Mishima. The last bus would leave 8 hours after we arrived. If I were really fast, I could just make it. But who was to say if I would be fast? In hindsight I would say that the time was too short. So I went up to the crater of Hoeizan. A crater left after the last eruption in 1707. It's not that far. A good thing was that, as you can see on the previous photo, the trail to the summit of Fuji san was very crowded. The trail to Hoeizan was not. Another good thing was that the people climbing were all goodmoody. Konnichiwa-ing away and often stopping to having a chat. When I arrived at the summit of Hoeizan, I could pick up the trail to Fuji san summit again. So I got to a spot some 700 meters under the summit. I could see it right above me. It felt really close and I had to stop myself from going on. The walk back to the bus stop at 5th station was great too. There is a forest walk which is really beautiful and quiet. It was the best day I had in Japan!

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Sounds like fun. :) The trail looks very remote, and cold too with all the fog. A bit strange after reading about the heatwave in Japan.