The enormous temple complex of Naritasan Shinshō-ji at the pilgrim town of NARITA, 60km northeast of Tokyo, is worth making time to see on your way to or from Narita Airport. Every year, over ten million people visit this thousand-year-old temple, which is an important landmark in the Shingon sect of Buddhism, but it's such a vast place that, as long as you're not here on one of the main festival days (New Year, and Setsubun on February 3 or 4), you won't notice the crowds.
8/7/08-8/9/08 - The flight nearly took 2 days. I got on the flight from JFK at about 10 and made a stop in Vancouver for a couple of hours, then ...
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8/7/08-8/9/08 - The flight nearly took 2 days. I got on the flight from JFK at about 10 and made a stop in Vancouver for a couple of hours, then continued the flight to Hong Kong International Airport and transferred to a Tokyo flight. Crazy, right? We finally reached Tokyo in 2-3 hours from Hong Kong. As we're heading to the Hilton Narita Hotel, I had a great feeling about this trip already. The country side seemed so surreal and peaceful. The hotel is really nice. Headed downstairs for food. We either had a choice for Japanese food or Chinese food. We're in Japan, of course! Save that Chines...
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We arrived in Tokyo around 4:00, and took the limousine bus to our hotel. The Kudan Kaikan hotel is just outside the grounds of the Imperial Palace. ...
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We arrived in Tokyo around 4:00, and took the limousine bus to our hotel. The Kudan Kaikan hotel is just outside the grounds of the Imperial Palace. By the time we arrived, however, it was too dark to see anything. We showered and went to eat in a small restaurant with amazing food. I could not tell someone how to get back there, but it was very good. It was one of those places where it helped to have a native for translation, so maybe we had an experience that many Westerners would not have had. I thought that I was pretty good with chopsticks, but it's a whole new ballgame when you are eatin...
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