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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 all the buildings, soaking up the atmosphere and enjoying the gardens.

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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 was the low doors (although this is an on going general problem in most places we have stayed in).  Nick suffered here more than I & banged his head on many an occasion getting to the loo!! [read on]