Tag: Japan Trip 2013-Nara
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Japan Vacation – Returning to Korea
One Last Train Ride [photogrid ids=”2922,2925″ captions=”yes” columns=”three” fullwidth=”yes” ] Nicole and I woke early, cleaned our room, and took a train back to the Osaka airport. The ride was early and uneventful. The often crowded subway was sparsely populated with random Japanese people and the odd tourist with a suitcase making the same trip…
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Japan Vacation – Kyoto and its Temples
Today marked the fourth day of Nicole and my Chuseok adventure in Japan. We arrived on Wednesday and spent the past several days visiting Osaka, Nara, and now finally, Kyoto. Breakfast We started the day with coffee and buns at a nice little café around the corner from our AirBnB residence. Up until this point…
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Japan Vacation – Nara and Deer
This is day three of my trip to Japan, if you haven’t already, I urge you to read Day One or Two first. Nicole and I woke up early today and grabbed some snacks in our room before taking the train into Nara. The ride was on an express train and only about 40 minutes. We…
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Japan Vacation – Osaka All Day
This is day two of my Japan trip over Chuseok. If you haven’t read it yet, I encourage you to start with Day 1. A Great Night’s Sleep I can’t remember if I mentioned it before, but Korea is not known for its mattresses. My mattress and my coworker’s mattresses, I’m told, are not comfortable. The…
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Japan Vacation – First Stop Osaka
Nicole and I visited Japan over Korean Thanksgiving, more commonly known as, Chuseok. We had Wednesday to Sunday to cram as much globe-trotting into our lives as humanly possible. Since I’ve always wanted to visit Japan, we opted to go to Osaka, Kyoto, and Nara. Traveling to Osaka Wednesday Morning, we woke up at 6…