Kyoto & Tokyo tips
Jul 21st, 2016, 01:35 PM
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https://picasaweb.google.com/stuartt...dJapanPartTwo# These might be duplicates..mostly Japan, a few on China
https://picasaweb.google.com/stuartt...dJapanPartTwo# If so, I'll dig up some more. Switching from Oiacas to Google is a pain.
https://picasaweb.google.com/stuartt...dJapanPartTwo# If so, I'll dig up some more. Switching from Oiacas to Google is a pain.
Jul 22nd, 2016, 08:17 AM
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>>Do you think that we should by a JR Pass?
No, not for what you described. But if you add a bunch of day trips from Tokyo and/or Kyoto then maybe. Even then, there are regional passes that you can use (Tokyo Wide Area Pass, for example). If you were to add a day/side trip to Hiroshima, then yes.
>>Is that enough to travel around Tokyo?
No. There are a couple of JR lines in Tokyo as well as the subway.
>>Or is it better to by a pass for Tokyo metro, then a train ticket to Kyoto, a metro pass for Kyoto and then another ticket to Osaka?
Yes, like that. You are traveling one way from one city/region to another.
No, not for what you described. But if you add a bunch of day trips from Tokyo and/or Kyoto then maybe. Even then, there are regional passes that you can use (Tokyo Wide Area Pass, for example). If you were to add a day/side trip to Hiroshima, then yes.
>>Is that enough to travel around Tokyo?
No. There are a couple of JR lines in Tokyo as well as the subway.
>>Or is it better to by a pass for Tokyo metro, then a train ticket to Kyoto, a metro pass for Kyoto and then another ticket to Osaka?
Yes, like that. You are traveling one way from one city/region to another.
Jul 22nd, 2016, 10:20 AM
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KYOTO....after the Beppu, Kyushu reunion, we went on to Kyoto. Had reservations at The Three Sister's Annex on... sort of a quasi-ryokan with tatami mats and flat beds on floor. Only breakfast served. Friendly atmosphere, managed by one of the three sisters (Kay). It is around the corner of the Heian Shrine on the #100 bus line with service downtown Kyoto, Walking distance to the trailhead of The Philosopher's Walk.
(see pics)
I recommend that you take one of your days to visit the world famous and ulra unique MIHO Museum. Uncomplicated travel taking about an hour...starting out at the Kyoto main station, 15 minutes to Ishiyama, and connect with the 10:00 am Teison bus for about a 40 minute ride through rural countryside to the forested acreage surrounding the Miho Museum. Designed by world renowned I.M. Pei.
(see pics). Frequent return busses...have lunch at the Museum. Outstanding outing IMO.
In five days we blanketed Kyoto. Note: I was there in spring of 1946 when all Jewish soldiers in Korea and Japan were offered a three day pass to attend a Passover seder in Kyoto...what an unforgettable experience. Obviously not a tourist in town, empty streets and shrines...rather ghoulish....but everything was impeccably spotless...The USA and Japan had agreed that the USA would NOT bomb Kyoto because of its historical signficance.
800 of us were barracked in a former Japanese Military school and seder foods had been shipped in from Hawaii (Territory at the time)...and we had the run of the town...must have walked 20 miles to see every shrine and site. Every, shop, market and restaurant were off-limits which was the policy during those early uncertain days of the Occupation. (SEE ALL PICS FROM 2007)
(see pics)
I recommend that you take one of your days to visit the world famous and ulra unique MIHO Museum. Uncomplicated travel taking about an hour...starting out at the Kyoto main station, 15 minutes to Ishiyama, and connect with the 10:00 am Teison bus for about a 40 minute ride through rural countryside to the forested acreage surrounding the Miho Museum. Designed by world renowned I.M. Pei.
(see pics). Frequent return busses...have lunch at the Museum. Outstanding outing IMO.
In five days we blanketed Kyoto. Note: I was there in spring of 1946 when all Jewish soldiers in Korea and Japan were offered a three day pass to attend a Passover seder in Kyoto...what an unforgettable experience. Obviously not a tourist in town, empty streets and shrines...rather ghoulish....but everything was impeccably spotless...The USA and Japan had agreed that the USA would NOT bomb Kyoto because of its historical signficance.
800 of us were barracked in a former Japanese Military school and seder foods had been shipped in from Hawaii (Territory at the time)...and we had the run of the town...must have walked 20 miles to see every shrine and site. Every, shop, market and restaurant were off-limits which was the policy during those early uncertain days of the Occupation. (SEE ALL PICS FROM 2007)
Jul 22nd, 2016, 10:33 AM
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https://picasaweb.google.com/stuartt...AndOtherScenes (Three Sisters on Okazaki-Dori street)
https://picasaweb.google.com/stuarttower/MoreKyoto
https://picasaweb.google.com/stuartt...ihoMuseumIMPei
https://picasaweb.google.com/stuarttower/MoreKyoto
https://picasaweb.google.com/stuartt...ihoMuseumIMPei
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