After scraping our plan to visit Israel, S suggested Japan. First stop was Tokyo, then Kyoto, then Hakone, and back to Tokyo. We had a guide for the first day at each of the locations. Our man in Tokyo, Amigo, showed us how to use the subway system and after that we were set free to explore. The boys often showed us which lines and stops to take.
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| Blue skies over Canada |
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| Headed to Calgary |
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| Nice break at the WestJet lounge before the 13hr leg |
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| S is all business |
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| A few movies, a quick nap, some dinner and you're in Japan |
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| Caught up on Harry Potter |
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| Hotel in Ginza |
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| Store front on the way to duck ramen, 9th Keisuke, on our first night. Our hotel, we were told by our guide, is on ramen row with some of the best ramen shops in Gina area. |
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| Out on tour with our guild Amigo |
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| Chilling on the train ride |
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| Koto City |
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| Unicorn Gundum |
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| Amigo showing us how to use the underground |
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| Senso-Ji Temple Buddhist Shrine, let the tourist crush begin. Amigo's only warning about pick pockets was here. |
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| Dragon themes everywhere |
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| Buddha's chill belies the tourist chaos |
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| Meiji Jingu Shinto Shrine, I think Shinto shrines in general were calmer |
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| Sake barrels, many many sake barrels |
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| Ai can remove lower volumes of tourist easily |
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| Just in time for the lotus blossoms |
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| Two large trees, left and right, guard the shrine entrance |
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| Bonsais on display, some hundreds of years old, handed down the family line. |
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| Shrine was near Cat street for some Harajuku shopping, one of the famous 3d billboards |
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| Hachico memorial statue, and J and Amigo, Amigo owns his own bar in Ginza and enjoys good food and beer! |
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| Shibuya Scramble, where did all these people come from and where are they going? |
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