Selected Pictures - Sunday, October 23
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Sunday, October 23: Nara, Sagano (bamboo forest), Mary Birthday Party
- We take the train to the charming town of Nara, once the national capital, and walk the path
- to the deer park and the temple with the Daibutsu
- Entrance to Nara deer park / Jackson
- Mary feeding deer with locally sold deer crackers / Tom; [Mary]
- More deer want in / Kitty; [Mary, Kerstin]
- Man, this is good! / Jackson; [Mary]
- Landscape in Nara park / Kitty
- Todai-ji: the Todai temple; largest wooden structure in the world / Jackson; [Kitty]
- Todai-ji / Jackson
- Todai-ji / Jackson
- Todai-ji / Kitty
- Grab some incense / Jackson; [Mary]
- Daibutsu - giant Buddha statue; remember the Daibutsu in Kamakura / Jackson
- Daibutsu / Jackson
- Daibutsu / Jackson
- Wedding couple in rickshaw / Jackson
- Deer at rest / Tom
- Walking back towards the train station, we stop for lunch
- Okonomiyake lunch / Jackson; [Donna, Tom]
- Take the train back to Kyoto, and most then take a train to Sagano / Aiyashima
- Walking through the bamboo forest / groves of Sagano / Jackson
- Walking through the bamboo forest / groves of Sagano / Jackson
- Walking through the bamboo forest / groves of Sagano / Jackson
- Walking through the bamboo forest / groves of Sagano / Kitty
- Walking through the bamboo forest / groves of Sagano / Tom
- Walking through the bamboo forest / groves of Sagano / Tom
- Beautiful fence / Tom
- Along the trail, there is a path to the left that leads you up a hill and then down to along the Arishiyama river
- Along the Arishiyama river / Jackson
- Along the Arishiyama river / Jackson
- Togetsukyo bridge / Jackson
- Sign in cemetary / Kitty
- Along the Arishiyama river / Jackson
- Along the Arishiyama river / Kitty
- Along the Arishiyama river / Kitty
- Along the Arishiyama river / Tom
- We wandered through town back to the train station, took the train to Kyoto, then the van to our hotel.
- After some time to get refreshed, we took the van back to Kyoto station and went to find an izakaya Steve had located.
- That izakaya was full, but they recommended another one a block away, and they could take us.
- Our last night in Japan, and Mary's birthday party. / Tom; [Marcia, Kitty, Donna, Steve, Barry, Anne (hidden), Mary, Jackson]
- Happy birthday and cheers! / Barry; [Mary, Tom, Donna, Marcia, Kitty, Steve, Anne]
- Mary after her birthday party. / Tom; [Jackson, Mary]
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October 12-13: Getting there
October 14: Tsukiji, Hama Rikyu, Sumida River, Asakusa, Ginza
October 15: Buddhist Temple, Kamakura, Kitty Birthday Party
Jackson has a nice video of the Tokyo portion of our trip
October 16: Bus: rest stop (Fuji sight), Matsumoto (castle and lunch), Takayama
October 17: Miyagawa Morning Market, Kusakabe, Yatai Kaikan, Takayama Jinya, old town, reception
October 18: Shirakawa-go, home visits, izakaya dinner
Tom has a beautiful video of the Takayama portion of our trip
Jackson has another perspective on
leaving Tokyo, visiting Matsumoto, and staying in Takayama
October 19: Train to Nagoya (visit castle), on to Hiroshima
October 20: Hiroshima peace memoria, Miyajima, Hiroshima Carp baseball game
Jackson has a nice video of the Nagoya / Hiroshima / Miyajima trip segment
October 21: Train to Kyoto, Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion), Ryoanji (stone garden), local restaurant
October 22: Kiyomizudera, Heian Jingu Shrine, Gion Corner, Pontocho
October 23: Nara, Sagano (bamboo forest), Mary Birthday Party
Jackson also has a video of the Kyoto visit, up to when we leave them behind
October 24: Homeward bound
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