This week was a big week! The kids and I went on a trip to visit my grandparents and the kids great-grandparents in Bundaberg. We had an excellent time with Grandma and Pop and I have some beautiful memories that I’ll cherish forever. We did all the tourist things like go to the beach for …
Today we were supposed to buy an all-day pass and travel around and Kyoto and visit temples, but I got the idea to ride around instead when our accommodation had two bikes for our use. Of course one had a flat tire and there was no pump, so we went to the local bike hire …
Today is the day we go to Universal Studios and I’m so excited! We walk the 15 minutes to Kyoto station and along the way we drop into 7-11 to pick up some breakfast to eat on the way to Osaka. We come across the strangest thing, bananas. Not any bananas but ones in plastic …
After the Sagano Romantic Train, we catch the train back to Saga Arashiyama station and we make our way towards Togetsukyo Bridge and Iwatayama Monkey Park. It is still raining but it’s not too heavy, so we keep going as we are looking forward to seeing the macaque monkeys. After walking for about 10 minutes we …
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We make our way from the Bamboo Forest to Torokko Arashiyama station, where the Sagano Romantic Train will depart from and make our way to Kameoka Torokko station. We get here early and purchase our tickets, which costs us just under 1000 Yen for the two of us. We are able to book a seat …
The taxi from Kinkakuji Temple drops us off right at the entrance to the Bamboo Forest at Arashiyama. The first part of the forest isn’t as heavily wooded as I thought it would be, and there aren’t a lot of people here either. We come to a fork in the trail and we head off …
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We started off the morning with a hearty breakfast of noodles. Ok, so maybe not so hearty. So how about a tea from a vending machine as we walk to Kyoto station? Uhh nope, certainly not my idea of a nice strong cup! Today is the only day that I’ve been really confused about our …
Rengeoin Sanjusangendo was definitely on my bucket list of sites to visit while in Kyoto. So, I was pretty excited walking there from Tofukuji Temple, although that could also be because I’m in freaking Japan and I’m still pinching myself! The reason why I was so excited to see Rengeoin Sanjusangendo is because of the …
We walk the 20 minutes from the Fushimi Inari Taisha shrine to Tofukuji Temple. It’s such a pleasant walk, even after spending 2 ½ hours walking around the shrine. This is the temple’s Sammon (main gate) and it is the oldest Zen temple gate in Japan. And here’s the Sammon gate as well as the …
We walk out of Inari Station, and straight away we see the most amazing torii. Kate stands in front of the gate for perspective. It’s huge and once again I am pinching myself that we are here and I am seeing this with my own eyes. If you haven’t noticed by now, I walk around …