Osaka
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The last few days of the vacation were spent in Osaka. It was a much bigger city than we had been in before, and mom
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Kyoto, Mt. Hiei
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We met up with Alena’s English tutor and walked around Enryakuji Temple on Mt Hiei.
This is where the warrior monks used to live,
Kyoto, Iwatayama
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Our final day in Kyoto, more temples and more climbing.
Ryōan-ji
A zen temple famous for it's rock gardens.
The interior of the
Kyoto, Kinkaku-ji
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We spent our second day in Kyoto going on a tour of several templates.
Kyoto, Fushimi Inari
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This was our first day in Kyoto. After we arrived, we walked through Fushimi Inari shrine, and got takoyaki from a street vendor.
Fuji Shibazakura
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We woke up to an amazing view of Mt.Fuji from our hotel window, and took some time to explore the hostel and surrounding area
Kawaguchiko
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Most of this day was spent traveling to Kawaguchi. There was a point on the trip where we were supposed to have a view of
Miyajima
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In the morning, we took a ferry from Miyajimaguchi to Miyajima
After arriving on the island, we explored around the Itsukushima shrine, which is partially
Hiroshima
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Today we took the bullet train to Hiroshima. The train was amazing, incredibly fast but inside you could barely tell you were moving at all.
Himeji
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Today we explored around Himeji, which is the town closes to where my sister lives.
While waiting for a train, we checked out a small
