Very lazy morning only making it out the door for 11am when the cleaners were meant to arrive... Had awful breakfast of pointless coffee and gopping waffles plus tried the 'sweets' purchased last night. Walked to Nijo Castle. Not massively impressive but busy. Not allowed to take photos so a bit pointless but squeaky ninja …
day 08: kyoto
Lazy morning wake up from 7am, packed, got locked in with stiff lock, cursing thinking they'd locked us in before K remembered he'd done it. Wandered up around block of last night's escapades to find a coffee shop for breakfast and had croquet monsieur with a mountain of cabbage and a scoop of weird cold …
day 07: kyoto
Hangover. 79,000Y left (£450) Kieren has 38,000Y left Lazy get up around 9am, wander into coffee shop for sustenance and go in search of bike rental (only 2 left at ryoken plus baths fully booked!) Cycle from east central way out to mountains in west - Arashiyama! Hideous vertical hotbox climb up to monkey peak …
day 06: koya-san to kyoto
KOYA-SAN > KYOTO Nice early start at 6am after not so comfy sleep on futons. 630 for morning ritual watchign two monks chant whilst a numpty used their camera flash. 1/2hr later moved onto fire ritual of drums and monk building pyre before we walked round, wafted smoke from ashes over ourselves (ppurification) and bowed …
day 05: osaka to koya-san picking up fi
OSAKA > KOYA-SAN Woke up to Helen's message of waiting for a train at Kansai to come meet us! When she made it around 9am we walked for Yodabayashi station, stopping for a coffee and croissant on the way. Quick charades stop in the pharmacy got us ibruprofen ready to head to Osaka castle with …
day 04: benesse house to osaka
NAOSHIMA > OSAKA Slept better, aside form K farting. Breakfast was a wide array of octopus (had to), seaweed, ham (plastic), marinated mushrooms, boiled gristle sausage, cold wet scrambled egg and hard beans. Surprisingly tasty. Then croissant, fruit salad, orange juice and coffee. There was plenty more on offer including noodle soups, coleslaw, salad, omelette... …
day 03: internal flights & ferries to naoshima
TOKYO > HANEDA > TAKENATSU > NAOSHIMA Not a great sleep - both woke up in a sweat plus K was the ninja duvet swiper... Up at 7am to checkout at 8am for metros to monorail and Haneda. Sligth panic over monorail involving hopping on, barging off and squeezing back on... Nice little flight precluded …
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day 02: tsujiki fish market
TOKYO Awoke around 6am left by 7am for Tsujiki fish market. Only allowed around gift shops til 9am but ended up queueing for raw fish breakfast. Very filling, very raw. Wander around the biggest fish market taking photos, that weirdly did not smell and had no flies. Walked to Imperial Palace - massive and no …
day 01: japan arrival day
HEATHROW > FRANKFURT > TOKYO HANEDA Checked in at the Park Hotel after a pot luck monorail journey. Scouted around in a zombie state and visited the Shogun Garden nearby. Dying, back for a hot bath refresh and then out around the Ginza District finding funky back street local cafes and chickening out. Random …
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