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Kyoto – Day Nine
Tuesday 26 May This was bit of an impromptu rest day, with our main goal to avoid the heat and to head to Shijō-Dōri, one of the the main shopping streets in Kyoto. Walked: 10.3km Steps: 18,501
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Kyoto – Day Eight
Monday 25 May The previous day we had been in Higashiyama in East Kyoto, to see Kiyomizu-Dera and the Yasaka Shrine. The plan for today was to head to south of there, to Fushimi to see the Thousand Torii Gates early, so as to avoid the crowds & heat. This was a solid plan, the…
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Kyoto – Day Seven
Sunday 24 May This was first day of looking around Kyoto, our goal was to explore Higashiyama. Bukkō-ji Temple We had walked past this temple the previous night, we decided to pop in and check it out. The name of temple translates as The Buddha’s Light Temple and dates to 1324. It was at one…
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Tokyo to Kyoto – Day Six
Saturday 23 May We left the madness of Akihabara behind for Kyoto the old capital of Japan. Shinkansen This was our first Shinkansen or Bullet Train trip in Japan. We hadn’t realised how long the Shinkansen have been running in Japan, turns out they have had them since the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, which shows how…
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Tokyo – Day Five
Friday 22 May It was another wet & cold day in Tokyo, we decided to catch the train to check out Shibuya, which is a major shopping hub. Shibuya Shibuya Train Station is even more hectic than Tokyo Station, we ended up getting ejected into quite a nice (read wildly expensive) department store, where we…
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Tokyo – Day Four
Thursday 21 May And like that, it went from super hot 28C degrees, to a cold & wet 14C, which is a tad limiting on getting around. To avoid the damp we decided to head to the Museum of Western Art in Ueno. Ueno / National Museum of Western Art The museum was a couple…
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Tokyo – Day Three
Wednesday 20 May The weather has been exceedingly hot since we arrived in Japan with highs in the early 30s, in an attempt to avoid melting in the sun & maximise seeing Tokyo we caught a tourist bus. The first bus was a failure in this regard, it was open topped & had little to…
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Tokyo – Day Two
Tuesday 19 May Akihabara We are staying in Akihabara or “Electric Town”, which is a ten minute tube ride from Tokyo Station. It’s known for electronics & anime. Imperial Palace Gardens We walked from Akihabara through Kanda to the Palace Gardens in Chiyoda. The Palace grounds are massive with most of it still being used…
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Auckland to Tokyo – Day One
Monday May 18 2026 Haere Ra Tāmaki Makaurau Massive thanks to all friends & family whose generosity makes this trip a reality. We really can’t thank you enough. Auckland really put in its finest Autumn morning for us, not only that our flight was super calm and early. Konnichiwa Tokyo We arrived at Narita Airport…
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London – Day Thirty Nine
Wednesday October 9 2024 This was our very last day in London, and of the trip, so what do you do? Look for buttons obviously. Marnie had been looking for a particular type of button in NZ & had no luck, but before we left she found a place in London that specialises solely in…
