The Bald Traveler Review: Namba spans the Dotonbori River and includes the Dotonobori and Shin Sai Bashi shopping districts. Namba basically spans between the Namba station and Nipponbashi stations. It is noted for it’s nightlife, …
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Japan Travel Log Day 13
Travel Day 13, Tokyo, 4/3/19: This is the first of the travel logs for Japan that was not included on my personal Facebook page. Today started out with a trip to 7/11 for some breakfast …
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Fushimi Inari is best known for it’s 1,000 Torii gates which line paths up the mountain behind the main shrine. The path which is about 4KM long and takes about 2 hours to walk goes …
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The Bald Traveler Rating: Tokyo Skytree is located in Sumida area of Tokyo and is the tallest tower in Japan. It consists of a shopping mall with a train station and a 634m broadcasting tower …
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Travel Day 12, Kyoto to Tokyo, 4/2/19: Today Started out interesting. I started a shower for Sue and the steam set off the smoke detector. So we had to deal with the Fire and Police …
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The Bald Traveler Rating: Meiji shrine was established in 1920 and is dedicated to the Empror Meiji and his wife Empress Shoken. Meiji Shrine is located within and adjacent to Yoyogi park and can be …
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This Shinto Shrine is located along the banks of the Kamo River in Kyoto. It hosts the Aoi Matsuri on May 15th of every year. The shrine is one of the oldest in Japan and …
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The Bald Traveler Rating: Nishiki Market is located in Kyoto Japan near Gion close to the Kamo River. It can be accessed from the Karasuma and Gion-Shijo metro stations. Nishiki is over 400 years old …
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Travel Day 11, Kyoto, 4/1/19: Today we left the AirBnB and it was cold but Cloudy. We hopped a train for a short ride down to Fushimi-Inari Station to see the famous Fushimi-Inari Fox Temple …
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Travel Day 10, Kyoto, 3/31/19: Today was Raining off and on. But Sue and I managed to wander around Gion today shopping and taking photo’s of the area. We bought a hand painted Japanese Fan …
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