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Our first day in Kyoto : I had spent months researching the temples and shrines of Kyoto on how Josh and I could best experience the history of this city. The last time I was here with Jennifer, we had come completely unprepared and ended up taking several arranged bus tours (which actually worked out quite well). However, the one downside was that we had to match the timetable of each tour and could not linger if we found something interesting. This time, using the experience from our first trip, I wanted to be able to take our time, travel on our own schedule and be free to explore or move on at will. I found an interesting resource with the Japan National Tourist Organization which outlined a spiritual walking tour of eastern Kyoto among other things. It had intriguing directions like "At the spice shop, make right to a narrow lane called Sannenzaka Lane" which suited me just fine. So armed with these sometimes cryptic directions, we started off.

Our first day in Kyoto

I had spent months researching the temples and shrines of Kyoto on how Josh and I could best experience the history of this city. The last time I was here with Jennifer, we had come completely unprepared and ended up taking several arranged bus tours (which actually worked out quite well). However, the one downside was that we had to matc ...

Updated: Aug 09, 2009 6:21am PST

Mount Fuji : Climb up Mount Fuji

Mount Fuji

Climb up Mount Fuji

Updated: Aug 19, 2009 3:55am PST