Here are some action videos from our time in Japan
 

hope this will work:

this is a bullet train entering a train station at a slow pace, most come through very fast

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this is tokyo foot traffic on a busy day at a busy corner

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this is a vendor in the kanazawa market making fishcakes to be fried

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this is a chef cooking our lunch in a small restaurant in kanazawa---some is pork cutlets

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this is part of our private geisha performance at craig's machiya (later to be kathie's place)

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this is part of the geisha performance---drums... the men got to play after them..


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this is a unique lunch concoction: crepe, noodles, egg, meat, sprouts, sauce---as big as a dinner plate:

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this is our favorite conveyor belt sushi in kyoto:


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this is a pedi-cab at Arashiyama, outside of kyoto:https://bay175.mail.live.com/default...3-00215ad751b4


these are some professional geisha models in the gion park in kyoto after a photo shoot:

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Lastly, this is the inside of a gambling parlor with games in kyoto...DON'T TOUCH YOUR VOLUME, this is the sound---they are on every corner:


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I HOPE THESE WORK.. THEY ARE BIG FILES

bob

Bob - can you upload them to youtube? Don't have a microsoft account or a microsoft base email address.

Can't see them :(
YouTube idea is good. I think they can go to YouTube right from iPad...I think.

Ditto. Can't see them. Youtube would be great.

Here's an example Bob: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkyzyucaDeg&noredirect=1

i will check it out after we arrive in thailand in the next few days

rhkkmk-

When I click on your link it takes me to my husband's hot mail e-mail account!!! LOL!!!!! Must be because the hot mail is a microsoft related account??

And I know he's no bullet train. OMG laughing so hard!

Bob - did you sort the Pedi cab in Arishiyama on the day or was it arranged before?

will try and check out your vids later.

Nicky, you can hire a jinrikisha on the spot at Arashiyama. However, if you want to hire a driver that speaks English, you would have to prearrange. We did not find it necessary to hire one at all. Have your taxi driver drop you off at Nembutsyji Temple and then walk down from there. There are a couple of really nice upscale shops near the temple, by the way but most of the stuff you'll want to do is near the train station - bamboo forest, Tenryu-ji temple(beautiful gardens) and of course, the "romantic" train ride...

Pook, hahahaha!

LOL Pook......

Craig, did you get the cab from Kyoto ? Am confused, I had planned to take the train and thought I could just get off and walk?

Nicky, we took a cab. It was about US$40 and got us there from the Hyatt in about 45 minutes. Note that technically Arashiyama is in eastern Kyoto. You could easily take a taxi to the Kyoto station, take the JR train to the Saga Arashiyama station and walk. Or instead of walking, you could hop on the Romantic train at the Torroko Saga station right next to the JR station, take it out to Kameoka and return to the Torroko Arashiyama station, which is right in the center of things. The round trip on the Romantic train takes about an hour and should be booked early in the day, if you want to do it. Look at the map on this page: http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3912.html
It should clarify things a bit as all these train stations can be confusing. We did take the JR train FROM Arashiyama and hooked up with the subway to get to central Kyoto...

Craig many thanks, I really am finding ALL those stations and lines very confusing. thank goodness for Billy, he has sorted most of the schedule out :)

We took taxi too but for about $30... We just walked around town.. Took boat ride too. Did not go into hills.

Taxi back as well... Easiest.

Bob

Pook just called. Meeting him for lunch tomorrow... Always good to see them..

Pook, please explain to Bob.....no make that Karen, how to post these videos on you tube, thanks.

Aloha!