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  • Osaka – Day 2

    Japan 2013

    After sleeping off the jet-lag, we took of around 9:30 AM for our second day in Osaka. We didn’t really have a plan, but we walked to Osaka station. Arriving here, we first went

  • Osaka – Day 1

    Japan 2013

    Exhausting, packing is quite an ordeal, the thin line between packing too much and packing too little, not sleeping afterwards caused by the excitement and then on top of all that, a jet-lag. The

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    Ready to go

    Japan 2013

    After 6 long years it’s finally time for out next japan trip With our previous group tour we already saw and experienced many famous cities and sights in Japan, so it became harder for

  • Fuji-Q Highland

    Japan 2007 // ,

    We took the bug to Fuji-Q. There was a slight problem because the instructions on the bus were only in japanese, the only thing in english that they told us was that we had

  • Tokyo

    Japan 2007

    Day 1 Today was a transferday from Kyoto to Tokyo. We chose to zoom through the landscape with the Shinkansen , this was a lot faster that riding the bus. (2.5 hours versus 6 hours) Arriving in

  • Nara

    Japan 2007 // ,

    This morning, we took the metro to visit the trainstation. This trainstation is not like anything you’ve seen before. THe whole station had 11 floors of which the top floor had a relaxing garden

  • Kyoto

    Japan 2007

    Day 1 Transferday from Kurashiki to Kyoto. We started out at Himeji castle, a backdrop for many famous movies. We were in luck and got a goodwill tourguide who gave us some insight into the castle,

  • Hiroshima

    Japan 2007

    This was a day-trip we did while in Kurashiki. It was an early morning to get ready at seven thirty to leave for Miyajima. Miyajima is an island near Hiroshima known as the holy island. Near

  • Kurashiki

    Japan 2007 //

    Day 1 Another transfer day, we traveled from Shikoku to Honshu, the main island of Japan. The bridges connecting these two islands are a marvel of engineering and the information center gave us a good idea

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    Matsuyama

    Japan 2007

    Day 1 Transfer day from Beppu to Matsuyama. We did not have any breakfast reserved at the hotel this morning but we did go to the convenience store yesterday to stack up on breakfast snacks. This