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Tokyo

Friday, November 17th, 2006

We finally end up in Tokyo (after passing through earlier in the trip). Not much sightseeing here, more general sorting out and deciding whether or not to risk Fiji given coup risks… [read on]

Fuji-san

Thursday, November 16th, 2006

We spent three days in the Mount Fuji area. The mountain was allegedly there – but hidden in the murk/clouds most of the time. The day we left it decided to show itself, just to prove it does exist!

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Temple-san

Thursday, November 16th, 2006

So, after much coldness it was off for some religious enlightenment at a number of temples/shrines/cemetaries (well it would have been if we understood the difference between temples/shrines and had some background knowledge to budhism/shinto).

Nontheless it was fabulous looking at ... [Continue reading this entry]

Mountains & cold

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
After monkey-san it was time for mountain-san.  Matsumoto, a gateway to Kamikochi & the Japan Alps was our first stop.  We stayed in a lovely wooden ryokan - Nunoya - tlc had been applied to this one! The only downside ... [Continue reading this entry]

Yudanaka (or in Nick speak: Monkey-san)

Monday, October 30th, 2006
Whilst not in Yudanaka per-se, Jigokudani Yaen-Koen (or wild monkey park) is a strange place designed to get humans as close to the monkeys as possible, but not in a very attractive way.  The place is famous for its wild monkeys ... [Continue reading this entry]

Nikko and temples

Friday, October 20th, 2006

There may be some dds missing from this post - the key is being quite tempremental...

We arrived safely in Tokyo after an 11 hour flight an the whole thing isn`t quite as daunting as I thought it might be. Nick ... [Continue reading this entry]

Nearing the off…

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

As 16th October draws closer plans for Japan are being finalised.

We arrive into Narita airport on 17th October, from ... [Continue reading this entry]