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We went to the Ghibli Museum. They wouldnt let me on Catbus though![]()
Hehe, I know...they should have one for adults!
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We went to the Ghibli Museum. They wouldnt let me on Catbus though![]()
Maybe, but budget tight and travelling makes me anxious. Will see how we go.Sounds good
If you're going to be in kyoto for the extra day you might want to look into a day trip to Nara, it was the original capital before kyoto and tokyo, and theres a botanical garden and some shrines with the biggest wooden bhuddas in the world (80 odd foot high).
Theres also wild but tame deer.
Only about 30 mins on the train.
Maybe, but budget tight and travelling makes me anxious. Will see how we go.
Edit - the travelling=anxious thing might sound daft since we're going all the way to japan. Its the journeys i find difficult. I like being places. I find travelling in the uk quite bad for anxiety too, and at least here i can read the signs and timetables.
Yes. Even london to croydon or whatever stresses me out. You might have to trust me as being a quite good judge of my limits and abilities.Oh its just like a normal train, like going from london to croydon or something..... Not a massively long journey, and theres no changes![]()
Hmm, looking for hotels for families and I'm finding not very much! I would like a room with two double queen beds or similar, but I don't think family rooms are the done thing in Tokyo. I have one teenager, and one under 10...so I'd like us all to be in the same room.
Any ideas?
Have you looked at the Ryokan or other more traditional type places where they put out the mats on the floor? It might be easier for them to be flexible on that sort of thing.
No, just the usual Expedia hotels etc. Can you recommend any good sites to look for that kind of place? Thanks!![]()
Not really sorry - we just went on similar sites although there are some Japan specific ones (Japanican and one or two others) which had them on. We ended up with two places that have Japanese rooms and the others are Western style.
Ok, I may be going to Osaka and Kyoto for a week...next week! A completely last minute opportunity.
Any suggestions on places to stay and things to see?
Thanks!
I was in Osaka last week. Can't advise where to go though. All looks the same. Maybe vist Kobe while you are there, its only 20 minutes by train.Ok, I may be going to Osaka and Kyoto for a week...next week! A completely last minute opportunity.
Any suggestions on places to stay and things to see?
Thanks!
So we stayed at a hotel right next to kyoto station..... it was a beautiful hotel, but I'm guessing bloody expensive. I think it may have been the New Miyakao hotel.
The bus service in kyoto is excellent for getting around, the Higayishima district and Gion are both places I'd like to go look at if I were to go again.
Shijo-jori is the main shopping district, and very bustling..... iirc is got some of the older shops in kyoto, although I may be getting districts confused.
There's the golden pavilion, but I can't remember its japanese name, and Ryoan-ji which is one of the earliest examples of zen gardening.... There's also another really old imperial palace but I can't remember the name of (the floorboards tweet like birds so they could detect assassins).
Also if you're that way inclined there's the Kyoto manga museum.
The Womens Institute of Kyoto will organise activities for you too, I dressed up as a samurai, my dad went and had a lesson on an instrument, and mum learnt to make sushi....
I've also read about a 300 year old sweet shop in Kyoto too..... although japanese sweets tend to be pretty nasty.
Also if you get a chance, Nara is a good day trip out of Kyoto.
I have no idea about osaka. Sorry.
Ok, I may be going to Osaka and Kyoto for a week...next week! A completely last minute opportunity.
Any suggestions on places to stay and things to see?
Thanks!
They do do special days where adults can go on. The second time I went my daughter was about two or three, so every time she fell over I could run on and pretend to be a concerned parent, but then fall over in the makorokorosuke, and roll around, having difficulty getting too my feet. Whoops, I've slipped again.Hehe, I know...they should have one for adults!![]()