Category Archives: Places

Day 9 – Ancient Capital – Modern Dance

Posted on August 29, 2010 by James Rudd

I’m writing after Joel so read his first 🙂 First thing of interest today was on the way to the train station, we passed a group of presumably locals weeding the grounds near the foot / bike path to the … Continue reading →

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Day 8 – Koyasan – James Extras

Posted on August 28, 2010 by James Rudd

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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Day 7 – Osaka, Old and New

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Joel

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 →

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Day 6 – Machida to Osaka, the long way around

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Joel

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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Day 5 – Fujisan Descending

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Joel

One thing that frustrates me about taking photographs is how hard it is to make them look good. We see so many spectacular or beautiful or breath-taking things, but the moment we point a camera at it, it suddenly becomes … Continue reading →

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