Kyoto Trips

PROLOGUE I am making this journal to hopefully inspire people to grab their bag and travel around the world This was my first trip alone outside of Canada, its a hastily planned trip so there were a lot of things that Ive overlooked like when …

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 …

After a long-haul flight that commenced in NYC, soaring above the vast Pacific Ocean, connecting in Tokyo/Narita Airport, landing in Osaka, and an hour-plus bus ride, I arrive at the former Imperial City of over 1.4 million. My mission: to make a …

Pictures For complete trip albums, go to Flickr @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/jauderho/sets/72157602229609984/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/princesskonishi/sets/72157602234704887/ Most of the pictures were shot with a Canon 5D or Powershot …

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 …

My husband and I decided to take the trip of our lifetime to Japan. We traveled to eight cities in fifteen days. We were tired and sweaty the whole time, but it was great. The following is my trip report for Tokyo. We flew on JAL airlines. …

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 …

After an exhausting 17 hour journey from Melbourne to Osaka via Singapore, we finally touched down at Kansai International Airport at 8:00am yesterday. We were warned by Airline staff not to turn on our mobiles until successful disembarkation …

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 …