by Nan Rae | Apr 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
We got excited when we saw a few deer as the bus entered the city of Nara. It’s here that the world’s largest bronze casting, the GIANT Daibutsu sits in the Todai-ji Temple. The Buddha sits in the ‘Daibutsuden’ (the largest wooden...
by Nan Rae | Apr 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
Early morning & we left the hotel for Kinetsu Kyoto station…..destination…Toba Station and Mikimoto Pearl Island. On the train. Amy, our wonderful guide for the second half of our journey looks as if she’s wearing a Mickey Mouse hat!...
by Nan Rae | Apr 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
Adjacent to Shirakawa Dori Street…..through the old wooden houses, lined back streets & alleyways of Kyoto’s famous geisha districts and you can see geiko or maiko ( Geisha’s and Geisha ‘apprentices’) walking along in full dress, hair...
by Nan Rae | Apr 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
……….This incredible street is next to the Shirawaka Canal. During the day or in the evening you’re transported to a dream world. Throngs of people celebrating and photographing the Cherry trees do not deminish the experience. ...
by Nan Rae | Apr 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
lWe arrived at the elegant & spacious home of Mrs. Masako Konishi, a llovely woman who welcomed us in the most gracious manner. Some of the stone pieces in the garden were from the Edo Period and her family dates back some 800 years in Koyoto. Shoes off...
by Nan Rae | Apr 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
Onto the tour bus for a hour and a half ride to Kurotani Village in the city of Ayabe. Along the way we saw such beauty in the mountains, miles of huge pine trees…..the forrest interspersed with Cherry trees (of course!) and white Magnolias. ...
