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Hakone

Visited Hakone today for a dayhike in its rich nature. There is a lot you can do around there without actually doing much more than strolling around, maybe I will do that later. One point of interest, aside from the obvious hiking trails through forests and up mountains, is the pure...

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JuergenS on August 2, 2010 from Hakone, Japan

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Die Wanderung beginnt

Mit der Bahn sind wir dann von unserem Guesthouse nach Ebina gestartet um endich loszulegen! Um 16 Uhr sind wir angekommen um von dort zum Strand zu gelangen. Mit ca. 20 Kg Gepäck haben wir innerhalb von 6 Stunden ca. 17 Kilometer bei mindestens 25 Grad zurückgelegt. Wir konnten nicht mehr!...

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Chrizzy on August 1, 2010 from Hiratsuka, Japan

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Shibuya and Akihabara

After moving to Tama Plaza I took some days to settle in and get some orientation. As I noted before, Shibuya is the station on the Yamanote Line that's nearest to me, so I decided to explore the area first. Well, that was the original plan, until I entered the station: Seemingly an...

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JuergenS on August 1, 2010 from Tokyo, Japan

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Moving - Tokyo

Moved to Tokyo today, of course it had to be the only rain day of the week so far. Well, I am just glad that it was dry for my last few days in Kyoto, so it's fine. Due to me doing the checking-out-process yesterday already, I arrived waaaay before the specified time at the Tama Plaza...

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JuergenS on July 29, 2010 from Tokyo, Japan

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Kyoto - Cleanup

Well, as it is my last week in Kyoto for a while, I still had some things I wanted to do, some restaurants I wanted to try and some places I wanted to visit. Especially the places the bus I take every day drives by and I had not seen were on my list. Here a short description (and picture dump)...

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JuergenS on July 28, 2010 from Kyoto, Japan

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Inari

Went to Inari today, to visit the Fushimi-Inari Taisha, the famous shrine trademarked by its hundreds of Torii, lined up along the path. Just a short distance from the Inari station the shrine area begins and it looks just like other shrines at first. This changes, however, once you start you...

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JuergenS on July 27, 2010 from Inari, Japan

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Toyko City und Guesthouse

Heute am 27.7.2010 sind wir mit einer halben Stunde Verspätung in Tokio Narita gelandet. Die Weiterfahrt mit diversen Bahnen hat auch nochmal ca. 4 Stunden gedauert, da wir bis in die City fahren mussten (60 Km). Jetzt komm ich mir ein wenig so vor, als hätt ich Drogen genommen :-), da ich seit...

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Chrizzy on July 27, 2010 from Tokyo, Japan

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Ise

Visited Ise today, the site of probably the most sacred Shinto shrine. There are actually two parts of this shrine, the Outer Shrine, near the station, and the Inner Shrine, a few km away. The Inner Shrine is dedicated to (and enshrining) Amaterasu-no-omikami, the goddess of light in Shinto...

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JuergenS on July 26, 2010 from Ise, Japan

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About temples, shrines, pavilions and castles

I have been going around quite a lot now, visiting temples, shrines, pavilions and castles and I have to say the clear winners are the shrines for me. True, temples often have astonishing and really massive gates and halls and beautiful screen paintings and of course exploring a castle has...

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JuergenS on July 26, 2010 from Kyoto, Japan

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Culinary: Local Specialties - Part 1

I would like to show you some of the local food I had the pleasure to try in this post, here we go: Tonkatsu Basically fried pork chop/loin. An easy and popular dish in Japan, it probably has as many variations as Wiener Schnitzel has in Austria. The one in the picture was more on the side...

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JuergenS on July 25, 2010 from Kyoto, Japan

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