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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Day 8 – Koyasan – James Extras
Just to add a few things to Joel’s post. On the way to Koyasan we passed some beautiful tree lined valleys and hills, we could see tall Bamboo near the track and further away tall trees growing up the hill … Continue reading
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Tagged graveyard, main temple, monks, monuments, moss rock, statues, tall trees, tea service, valleys
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Day 8 – Koyasan
Today marks one week since we left Sydney. We’re almost halfway through, aww. When riding an escalator in Tokyo, just as we do in Sydney, you stand on the left, and walk on the right. For that matter, wherever we … Continue reading
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Tagged cable car, face towel, koyasan, mountain peaks, osaka, private railway, shingon buddhism, valleys
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Day 7 – Osaka, Old and New
The thing that disappoints me most about my difficulty in making it to the top of Fujisan is that we deliberately came in August in order to do so – the official climbing season closes at the end of August, … Continue reading
Reminder: Read from bottom up
Just a quick reminder that the newest posts are at the top, so when we do a big update you will want to start reading further down the page where the first new posts have been pushed to. If you … Continue reading
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Day 6 – Machida to Osaka, the long way around
Considering how much travelling we’ve been doing on trains, I’m finding it increasingly frustrating just how hard it is to take photos from the train. There’s so many things to consider. Reflections of the camera itself, the fingers holding the … Continue reading
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Tagged canals, machida, matsumoto, Matsumoto Castle, osaka, Shin-Osaka station, the Shinano express, the Super Azusa express, valleys
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