Japan-Four Archive

  • Just a message to everyone – can you leave your email addresses in the comment area thing below? I’ve got quite a few emails which I can’t reply to because I don’t have the right email address… So yeah, leave me yer address (If your worried about spam write it like...

    Email Harvesting

    Just a message to everyone – can you leave your email addresses in the comment area thing below? I’ve got quite a few emails which I can’t reply to because I don’t have the right email address… So yeah, leave me yer address (If your worried about spam write it like...

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  • On Thursday (the 31st), Jo and I arrived at Himeji station with all of our luggage. We went across the road to the Hotel Sun Garden, where we`d arranged to meet Simon and Romit (our Japanese teacher form UWA). Somehow it worked out perfectly and Romit bought us all a...

    The Next Four Months

    On Thursday (the 31st), Jo and I arrived at Himeji station with all of our luggage. We went across the road to the Hotel Sun Garden, where we`d arranged to meet Simon and Romit (our Japanese teacher form UWA). Somehow it worked out perfectly and Romit bought us all a...

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  • Kyoto is famous for its many, many temples and shrines. It has well over 2000 different temples and shrines, many of which have an entrance fee. After consulting my trusty Lonely Planet guide, Jo and I decided to spend a day in Sagano – an area of Kyoto that has...

    The Temple Run

    Kyoto is famous for its many, many temples and shrines. It has well over 2000 different temples and shrines, many of which have an entrance fee. After consulting my trusty Lonely Planet guide, Jo and I decided to spend a day in Sagano – an area of Kyoto that has...

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  • Gion is the ‘cultural heart’ of Kyoto, which is the ‘cultural heart’ of Japan. It’s one of the only places left where seeing a Geisha hurrying from one teahouse to another is not uncommon. We decided we’d go there at night to go to a place called Gion Corner, where...

    A Strange Evening in Gion

    Gion is the ‘cultural heart’ of Kyoto, which is the ‘cultural heart’ of Japan. It’s one of the only places left where seeing a Geisha hurrying from one teahouse to another is not uncommon. We decided we’d go there at night to go to a place called Gion Corner, where...

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  • Today we got on the Shinkansen to travel to our new Hostel in Kyoto. On the way we were lucky enough to see Fuji San in all his glory. See some photos here. We got here at about 12:00 so headed over to Higashi Honganji Shrine – which is the...

    Kyoto :: Day One

    Today we got on the Shinkansen to travel to our new Hostel in Kyoto. On the way we were lucky enough to see Fuji San in all his glory. See some photos here. We got here at about 12:00 so headed over to Higashi Honganji Shrine – which is the...

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