Welcome

For those reading who don't know me, or have forgotten my name, I am Neil Gordon and I intend to keep this blog up to date with my travel activities in Japan - taking place from mid July 2010 till some time in January 2011.
I'm English and am interested in the Japanese culture and language, as well as computers and technology.
The blog name neiltanken is simply my name + 探検 (tanken) - which means expedition.

04/10/2010

Kyouto


28th
Fushimi Inari Taisha shrine (at night)

29th
Touji temple
Higashi Honganji temple
Nishi Honganji temple
Kiyomizudera temple
The Yasaka Pagoda
Yasaka Jinja shrine (at night)
Gion district - Maiko, Gion Corner (a sample of the following arts/performances - Tea ceremony, Koto performance, Flower arrangement, Gagaku performance, Noh Kyougen performance, Kyoumai dance, Bunraku puppet show)

30th
Rain, didn't do much

1st Oct
Together with the 2 Australians I met at the lodgings
At Saga - The Bamboo Path, Nonomiya Jinja shrine, Lunch at a small restaurant called Adashino

2nd Oct
Together with 1 of the Australians
Sanjuusangendou temple (apparently the longest wooden building in the world)
Yasaka Jinja shrine (daytime)
A temple which I forgot the name of, but it took an admission fee.
Display and small shop related to anime Yojouhanshinwataikei
Various Shrines and temples on the way to Heian Jinguu shrine
Heian Jinguu shrine (they were preparing for a music concert inside the grounds)
The old Kyoto Imperial Palace
Cycled by a large chunk of the Kamogawa river

3rd Oct
Checked out "Tezuka Osamu World" - watched an animation showing the birth of Atom Boy then read some of Tezuka's manga "Zero Man"
Kyoto Manga Museum

4th Oct
Nijoujou Castle
Kinkakuji temple
Shoukokuji (and the crying dragon)
Shimogamo Jinja shrine
Ginkakuji temple
The Philosopher's Path
Get on the overnight ferry to Takamatsu in Shikoku from Koube port

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