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Fun Things To Do in Kyoto with Kids
Blog: Family Friendly Hotel, Resort, Suite Reviews: Travel Savvy Mom » blog - 25 November 2009
Traveling with children in Japan can be intimidating. All that structure and serenity. I have visions of my children rearranging the rocks of a zen garden or putting their little fists through the traditional rice paper shoji screens that make up the walls of our ryokan.
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Transport in Japan (outside the JR lines)
Blog: World Travel Blog - 22 November 2009
Japan isn’t a big country really, at least if you compare it with other destinations as China, India, USA or even my home country, Argentina. Despite that I think Japan has the most extensive transportation system I have ever seen, including trains, subways, metro, tram, busses, monorail, cable cars… and they are all linked to [...]
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Kyoto
Blog: Where is Rob? - 18 November 2009
Going from one extreme to another we left the futuristic madness of Tokyo and headed west to Kyoto. There just seemed to be endless amounts of temples, palaces and pagodas in Kyoto to the point where it would take a good week to fit them all in. We were going to have a pretty busy few days there as we wanted to fit in as much as we could.First thing we did was to head over to Kyoto`s imperial [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!
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Nara
Blog: Where is Rob? - 18 November 2009
One of the reasons we came to Osaka was the fact it is real easy to do a day trip to Nara from there. I had got talking to a few people in the hostel on the first night and they had mentioned that Nara University offer free guided tours round Nara by students and volunteers. Considering we were only going to spend a day there and the guide would be free, it was defiantly something we had to do. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!
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Exploring Kyoto with Kids
Blog: Ciao Bambino! - 19 October 2009
Traveling with children in Japan can be intimidating. All that structure and serenity. I have visions of my children rearranging the rocks of a zen garden or putting their little fists through the traditional rice paper shoji screens that make up the walls of our ryokan. However, it is also one of the most beautiful, poetic cities in Japan and our children, age 3 ½ and 2, love running up the temple steps and seeing the koi fish swimming in the river along philosopher’s walk.
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Kyoto, Japan
Blog: Patrick and Katrina do the Globe - 8 October 2009
Temples, shrines, and more temples. Kyoto, with the reputation of being Japan's cultural center, is absolutely brimming with them. We stayed a whole six nights in the same city--a record for us on this trip--to take in as much as possible.
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What to do in Kyoto? 5+5 do's
Blog: 99 + 1 countries - 20 August 2009
Kyoto is visited by a staggering 50 million Japanese tourists a year. If you manage to fit in, here's what I'd do if I had a week in Kyoto.
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Budgeting Your Time In Japan
Blog: Nihon Sun - 18 June 2009
Planning a trip to Japan or even travel within Japan is an exciting proposition that can easily get thrown into disarray once you are on the ground. One of the most common questions that we are asked in the Japan Discovered! weekly tweetchat goes something like this: “I have X days in Japan, can I [...]
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