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| The museum used to be a school |
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| Testing the new lens from the hotel window |
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| Kiyomizu Dera Temple, the water wishes |
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| My wish would be no more queues, ha! |
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| Only time we heard gaijin at the temple! |
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| Pokemon Kyoto |
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| The semi factual Samurai museum |
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| According to S, this is my exact hairline |
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| Hakone, a welcome change of pace |
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| More traditional room |
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| Less traditional pose |
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| Amazing views |
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| Traditional Japanese Breakfast |
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| Have to try it all |
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| J-San |
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| Traditional Dinner |
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| Heading up a mountain with our amazing guide Hiro. He's retired sales executive who has traveled the world, lived in NY, and is a fun and interesting person. |
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| First we took a bus, then a train with one of the steepest routes switchbacking several time, and then this gondola. We would later take a boat across a lake. |
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| This is an active crater that caused the gondola to shut down for several years around 2007 |
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| Gondola view of Mt Fuji |
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| The strong smell of sulfur. |
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| View of Mt Fuji |
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| Hakone Checkpoint was a way to control those traveling from Kyoto to Tokyo the new capital |
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| Trees lined the route |
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