27 November 2007

Osaka: The Meal, Lodging and Time Liquified













Stayed one night in Nikko Airport Hotel, Meals at Ana Hotel, moved to Hilton downtown next day, chased bus to Kansai Airport few days later.

I forgot which one was which, but who cares?

Kyoto: Scene from The Streets









Tired and Hungry, I walked in the streets of Kyoto, just for curiosity

Finally found a place to eat, the cozy one.

Quite surpringly, I found a flyer of punk rock playing in Kyoto.

Missed All The Fun in Wakayama










Meeting all day with the manufacturer, and then i went to Wakayama Castle in the afternoon. But alas, the castle was closed then we went to small restaurant for a food

21 November 2007

Kyoto Imperial Palace: The Tour Inside










I really don't have time in Kyoto.
I took a condensed time tour and everything is in a hurry.

























Then, I snapshot everything I saw

































































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Kyoto Imperial Palace:Renovation









Kyoto Imperial Palace is under renovation when I was there. It's quite strange for me to see equipments from this century modifying castle from centuries back
























Kyoto Imperial Palace:Garden









The garden area has several gardens such as Emperor's Garden and Empress' Garden









The bridge spans a small stream. In the 18th century, the royal family would host poetry parties in this garden, as depicted in the screen paintings on site. Guests would sit along the stream and catch a floating boat, which carried a theme around which they would compose a poem on the spot. If the poem was not well received they couldn't partake in the sake that turn!

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02 November 2007

Kyoto: Golden Temple






















I took a train from Osaka to Kyoto, after arrived then I went to tour organizer which it's name I cant recall.























The first trip was Golden Temple, it's a hot summer day, the tour guide spoke broken English, but it didn't matter to me, since broken or fluent, I didn't understand either.

Then I took some pictures in a hurry, the tour walked in very fast pace, and suddenly, tour guide said we have to leave the place