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Day 8 — 5 August 2010 You may remember from yesterday’s post that I went to bed not feeling overly well. Unwilling to let that daunt our ambitions of heading to the beach we rose early (ish) and headed for … Continue reading
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Day 7 — 4 August 2010 Another Japanese breakfast. The tea was (once again) fantastic, but at this point I’d pretty much had my fill of even the things that I’d almost gotten used to. Maybe I’m remembering it particularly … Continue reading
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Day 6 — 3 August 2010 I think it must take a lifetime to get used to Japanese style breakfasts. The squid sashimi and grilled mackerel I can cope with, the rice and miso soup: fine. But the endless egg, … Continue reading
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Day 5 — 2 August 2010 Our fifth day in Japan saw us journey west from Hiroshima in order to catch a ferry to the fascinating island of Itsukushima (厳島) — more popularly known as Miyajima. This was to be our … Continue reading
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Day 4 — 1 August 2010 It seems everyone who visits Japan raves on about how great the trains are — and they’re well within their rights to. The Shinkansen (bullet train) network in Japan is a truly amazing feat … Continue reading
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Day 3 — 31 July 2010 After our mammoth bender the night before and given the short days (one thing that really surprised me was how early it gets dark during the Japanese summer), we only really saw about four … Continue reading
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Day 2 — 30 July 2010 For most of our second day in Japan, we left the sleepy comforts of Ueno to explore the more central districts of Shibuya, Daikanyama, Aoyama, Harajuku and probably several more micro-districts whose names I … Continue reading
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Day 1 — 29 July 2010 While our trip had been carefully planned/luckily scheduled to just miss Japan’s rainy season (which in the Kanto region of Japan — of which Tokyo is a part — ends around the 20th July) … Continue reading
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On 28 July 2010, my girlfriend and I flew to Tokyo Narita airport in order to spend 28 days ambling around Japan during a ludicrously hot and humid summer. I’d been planning the trip for as long as I can … Continue reading