Category: In english
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Day 47
It’s Sunday, it’s hot, and we are behind on laundries, so the laundry is working early. We tidy things, relax a bit, and decide to go to a specific restaurant in Shinjuku, the specialty of which is beef tongue. We have a nice dinner, then proceed to shop for a while, or at least spot…
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Day 46
We get out of the hotel a bit before the 11am deadline, and walk in 40 degrees real feel heat to the Kyoto station. Most stuff is put in a coin locker, and off we go, towards lake Biwa, and more precisely, Omi-Takashima station. We haven’t seen a Tori, unwrapped, in water, and we haven’t…
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Day 45
It is super hot again. We get out, umbrellas in hand, and walk to a bus stop, trying to double down on shade and walk in shade with the umbrellas. This is most important for Samuel, whose umbrella has been turned over to Noe. After a 45 minutes bus ride that lets us admire the…
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Day 44
Day 44. Today, we take our umbrellas and all to Nara. We walk not too late to Kyoto station, and take the Nara line special express. Nara is a small town 45 minutes away from Kyoto. It was the capital in the 8th century, and it is full of temples and shrines. We exit the…
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Day 43
Wednesday, July 27. It is quite hot when we leave the hotel, and hard to find shade. We are going to Kyoto station to take a local JR train. But once in the station, we decide to shop for either hats or umbrellas for the kids. In the end, we buy UV-protective umbrellas for Eyquem…
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Day 42
Waking up is difficult for some, and we get out of the hotel with no chance to take our Shinkansen for Kyoto. But the great thing with the JR pass is that you have unlimited travel for the week (or 2, or 3, depending on the length of the pass). In addition, most Shinkansen have…
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Day 41
It will be another hot day. But all the remaining days will be hot. We booked seats on the Shinkanzen to Himeji, but with the time and hassle of getting from Kobe to Shin-Kobe where the Shinkansen runs, we realize that we might as well take a fast express of the local line. After 45…
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Day 40
We get up early and go buy some breakfast food in Tokyo station. We are taking the Shinkansen to Shin-Kobe this morning, arriving around 1pm. The plan is then to have lunch in Shin-Kobe and explore the area before going to Kobe’s central station area, where we have a hotel. The train ride is swift…
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Day 39
It is hot, again. The first order of business is to get our 4th Lego figurine. Teens stay at home while parents go shopping at the Shinjuku Newday. We then take a walk in the Shinjuku-Wased area, looking for shade whenever possible. Slowly, we make our way to the Yayoi Kusama Museum. It’s lunchtime, and…
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Day 38
It’s Friday. Noe is giving her talk at Waseda today. And we are curious, the teens wouldn’t mind checking it out. But it is also the first day of the JR East x Lego rally. Running around the city, collecting 7 of 30 possible special Lego Eki stamps, sounds like an objective for us. And…