Nara Trips

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 …

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 …

Arrived in Kyoto today. Met up with Lauren in the Narita airport (ended up being fairly easy to just wait in the bag claim area for her flight to get in). Went from the bag claim to the JR Rail Pass area (well, first we went to 2 ticket booths …

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 …

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 …

This will be a good trip, filled with experience and friendship stories. It will make people laugh, it will make people craaaaaiiii.

Japan and Seoul in 3 weeks