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Remember how long before my Europe trip I started preparation? The Europe photo trip countdown started at 58 days prior to departure… This one for Japan starts at, hmmm, 6ish days. So where are we going? Tokyo, Kyoto, Nara, Hiroshima, … Continue reading
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So the deal with Japan is that they’re not big on credit or debit cards (visa, amex, eftpos etc) so you’ve gotta carry the cash: Bit of a hassle really, but we’re set to go… Well, passport and Yen at … Continue reading
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It’s a plane, not the one we flew on. In fact not even close, this one is an Airbus A320, we were on a Boeing 777-200ER, but let’s not let that get in the way of a good story. Covered … Continue reading
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Today’s mission was to get ourselves down to Kyoto. According to the GPS the route ended up looking something like this: Narita to Tokyo at EveryTrail Map your trip with EveryTrail The brief stop in Tokyo was just to change … Continue reading
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Explored a little bit of Kyoto today, checking out some of the Cherry Blossoms in the Imperial Palace Gardens. And it seems anyone else with some half decent camera gear was out there too: Off to another part of Kyoto … Continue reading
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At 300 km/h the trip from Kyoto to Hiroshima didn’t take long at all: Hiroshima at EveryTrail Map your trip with EveryTrail Here’s breakfast at 270 km/h: And the inside of one of those “rice balls” (triangles): Hiroshima itself was … Continue reading
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By the way, with these little everytrail route maps you can click and zoom and stuff (or even view with a fancy pants flash animation that shows a dot moving around the route at the same relative speed as we … Continue reading
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Today (1 April) we hit Nara for the Big Buddha and Osaka for the Big Sky Building. Big Buddha’s house: Squeezing through this hole (approx the same size as the big Buddah’s nostril) brings life long good luck. Buying little … Continue reading
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Today (2 April) we needed a break from missioning around everywhere, so decided we’d do the domestic stuff and catch up on laundry. Started by visiting a little coffee shop that we’d been to a couple of days earlier. Coffee … Continue reading
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It’s our last day in Japan tomorrow, we fly out around 6pm. We’ve got a few things lined up to do here in Tokyo, but generally taking it easy and getting out to the airport in plenty of time. Japan … Continue reading
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Cherry (Sakura) blossoms are something of a big deal in Japan. Our trip coincided well with the season (which incidentally, is closely monitored and forecasted by the Japanese Meteorological Agency. The season is well covered by photographers -Jeffrey Friedl for … Continue reading
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Ok, we’re all back in New Zealand, so now I’ll have a a chance to catch up on blog posts covering the last week of the trip. For today we spin the clock back to April 3rd where the mission … Continue reading