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Lake Kawaguchi, Japan

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Our friends Reiko and Yoko picked us up near Yokohama and we drove to a nice park off of Lake Kawaguchi in order to have a great view of Mount…

Tokyo, Japan

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After Kanazawa, we took one of the newest Shinkansens to Tokyo. It was raining by the time we arrived, but were able to find our hotel just fine. We had…

Kanazawa, Japan

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We really enjoyed Kanazawa. After taking the Shinkansen from Kyoto to Kanazawa, we arrived at its splendid train station – a mix of modern and ancient. We were able to…

Kyoto, Japan

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Everyone we’ve talked, who has visited Japan, highly recommended Kyoto. Taking a relatively quick Rapid Express Train from Osaka to Kyoto, we found the train station to be very impressive….

Nara, Japan

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From Osaka, we made a day trip to the ancient capital of Japan, Nara.  First, we visited the beautiful Isuien Garden before making our way to the massive Tōdai-ji, which…

Osaka, Japan

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After taking the ferry back to Tokyo, we caught the shinkansen (bullet train) to Osaka.  It was a central city to base ourselves out of to get to the ancient…

Oshima, Japan

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The fast-ferry took us two hours to get from Tokyo to Izu Oshima.  We wanted to enjoy a quiet place where there were beaches, but it appeared we arrived during…

Tokyo, Japan

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The morning after our wedding, we left Edmonton to fly to Toky0 (via Vancouver).  In all, it was well over eleven hours of flight, with a two hour layover in…