Trips for Ginkakuji

Thursday, March 24th: It seems like only two weeks ago that I was standing out in front of Seoul Station - in the blustery cold - waiting for a bus to take me to Incheon airport. Oh yeah...it WAS about two weeks ago. The trip this time is a …

On our first night out we went to Shibuya which is a part of a Tokyo. It had everything you would expect from Tokyo skyscrapers, neon lights and lots of people. On our second day we decided to first check out the Imperial Palace where the current …

We landed at Kansai International in the afternoon, and made our way to Kyoto by the JR limited express train. Too late and too tired to explore the temples, we walked from Kyoto Station to the hotel passing Higashi Honganjii. The hotel, Ikoi-no-ie …

Day 1 of the trip. We are staying at the F1 Hotel tonight, and getting on the plane in the morning. Travelled down to Darling Harbour. looked around for some last minute souveneirs, and continued on to the hotel. Dad's Navman took us to the …

We've updated a lot of photos from our trip - the link below will give you a much easier way to view them: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8346341@N03/sets/. Happy viewing - let us know what you think :) We left the house yesterday at 4:30 AM …

Japan, here I come! After a six hour flight, we finally reached Japan. Actually, I have transited at Narita Airport so many times before, but this was the first time, I could really say 'I'm in Japan'. So exciting! Shinkansen: from Tokyo to …

Trip to see Lisa for the second time since Tokyo Aug. 26-29 after four month deployment at Al Udeid AB, Qatar. Going to see her in her and her parents in their home town of Himeji. Stayed in Osaka and visited Kyoto, Kobe, Osaka

Authum is one of the most beautiful season if you want to visit Japan. I spent almost two weeks in Japan last November, it was a wonderful time when I saw leaves were turning into red mixed with a very green mos

京都五山の一つで広大な境内に伽 藍が並ぶ、紅葉の東福寺/通天橋として知られシーズンには凄い賑わいとなります開山堂への回廊/通天橋(洗玉澗の谷間)からの紅葉は一見の価値有ります。 塔頭/光明院の紅葉も見事で特に窓越しに見る紅は素敵ですよ、紅葉は無いですが …

The best way to travel inside of Kyoto in 5 days!