Our Trip 2018

Travel to Japan

Our first trip to Japan was in June/July 2018.

This is a brief look at our travels.
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We booked all our accommodation before leaving home. It was a mixture of Hotels, Airbnb's and Ryokans - so knew how long we were staying in each place.
We also purchased Japan Rail Passes as our main form of transport and could use the bullet trains when covering long distances.
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Our holiday started in Tokyo and the Hotel was opposite the gardens of the Imperial Palace which was fantastic.
We loved Tokyo - the gardens, shopping, the people - everything - including a day trip to Nikko.
From Tokyo we caught a bullet train which took us most of the way to Hakone. Loved Hakone, especially the Hakone Botanical Garden of Wetlands.
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From here we travelled into central Honshu which is more traditional Japan - visiting Takayama, Furukawa, Shirakawa-go and Kanazawa.
We particularly wanted to visit Kanazawa because of Kenroku-en, listed as one of the top 3 gardens in Japan.
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Kenroku-en, the original outer garden of Kanazawa castle, was amazingly beautiful - a garden centred around trees and water features.
There are several other stunning gardens within the grounds of Kanazawa Castle.
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Kyoto
Kyoto had been high on our list of places to visit and the week here didn't disappoint.
A city of temples and gardens, restaurants, theme cafes and markets, laneway shopping with locally made products and tranquil walks.
Our traditional Japanese Airbnb in Gion was superb.
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A short train trip took us to Nara, a city of deer, temples and beautiful gardens.  From here we went up into the mountains to Koyasan, the spiritual centre of Japan. Unforgettable!
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On returning to Nara we hired a car and drove to Mikasato via Owase on the Kii Peninsula. It is a tiny fishing village, isolated and beautiful. Pristine forests, rugged coastline with sheltered inlets.
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After 3 days we were headed to Shikoku by ferry from Wakayama. This didn't happen as a violent storm tore through the area. We spent the night in Kobe instead.
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Forgoing Shikoku and Okayama, a bullet train took us to Hiroshima.
Without doubt the most emotional and memorable city of our trip.
After a day trip to the island of Miyajima it was back on the bullet train to Narita for our last night in Japan.
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The next morning saw us on a JAL flight home.

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