Tag: Kyoto
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Daily Summaries, Japan, Travel Journal
Day 62 – Kyoto to Hiroshima
Today we slept in! As we had an early bus ride to Hiroshima, we ended up hailing a taxi instead of walking to Kyoto Station as we had planned. The taxi was super clean, even though the car itself looked old. The doors also opened automatically, which is something I kept seeing, but was never […]
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Daily Summaries, Japan, Travel Journal
Day 61 – Kyoto
Today we walked from Santiago Hostel to Fushimi Inari Taisha. Fushimi Inari is a site full of thousands of Torii Gates that have been donated over the years. The site has been around since before 794 AD. We spent around two hours there climbing the trails around Mount Inari. While here, we had a chance […]
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Daily Summaries, Japan, Travel Journal
Day 60 – Kyoto
Today we had planed to focus on the East Side of Kyoto’s tourist attractions. We ended up leaving Santiago Hostel nice and early at 10am and walking into the sunny streets. A short walk from the hostel is Yasaka Shrine (which was actually close to Kodaiji Zen Temple). Here was a massive shrine and large […]
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Daily Summaries, Japan, Travel Journal
Day 59 – Takayama to Kyoto
Today we woke up and had breakfast at Relax Hostel Takayama Station. It’s awesome when the breakfast is included but not advertised. The food is left in the kitchen from 7am and is there until it runs out so its not guaranteed. After breakfast we caught the bus from Nobi Bus Station in Takayama starting […]
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