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With no smoking restrictions, why not have a fag while you serve customers? This was our first restaurant experience. |
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Snow monkeys in Yudanaka. It was amazing how close you could get to them without them even bothering to look up. A number of times I had to move out of their way. |
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Ele bed bound after her tick removal surgury. We stayed at a Ryokan (traditional style accommodation). Sleeping on tatami mats and rice pillows- a very uncomfortable pair. |
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Playing in our summer yukata (robes) after returning from a soak in our hotel's private onsen. |
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Shibu (onsen town) in mountainous Yudanaka. It was like a ghost town at night which was eerily beautiful and peaceful. |
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Residents walking to one of the onsens for a evening bath. Men and women bath separately because all baths are required to bath nude. |
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Gate crashing a 21st karaoke birthday party |
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Funny tourist pose in front of a temple in Kyoto |
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Bamboo forest in Kyoto |
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A expansive tranquil garden surrounding a temple in Kyoto |
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Learning how to conduct a traditional Japanese tea ceremony in Kyoto. This involved making a cup of Matcha Tea. |
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Torii Shrine in Kyoto. Kyoto seemed to be the bike capital of Japan. |
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Tanuki the lucky Raccoon Dog can be spotted throughout Japan |
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Out the window of our Shinkansen train on route to Osaka |
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Delicious Shinkansen Bento Box- an assortment of tasty morsels in a wooden box. This box contained eel, tempura prawn, baby octopus, egg, rice and pickled vegies. These boxes cost around $6-10. |
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Our night in a capsule hotel in Nagano. AMAZING!!! No need to BYO pajamas or toiletries as they are all provided. |
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Sumo Tournament in Nagano |
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Shortly after taking this photo, he won his match. I like to think we were his good luck charms. |
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Kusama's Pumpkin on Naoshima island |
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