Japan – Kyoto and Kinosaki-onsen (part 2)

With our toddler well accustomed to the train travel, on our 7th day in Japan, we headed to Kyoto. From Takayama we first had to go back to Nagoya for 2h30 min on the Hida express train. We then changed in a hurry (consider that the Shinkansen is usually in another part of the train station compared to the local (slower) trains) and took the Shinkansen for about one hour to Kyoto. We timed the departure at lunch break so that the LO would sleep on the train. This time it worked.

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The steel and concrete jungle of the city that never sleeps

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A trip from March 2010, one of the best so far.  Also, the trip in which I managed to wake up at 7 A.M. every morning, without an alarm. That never happens to me :).

Unfortunately, I have no good picture of the High Line, one of the highlights of the NY trip. We spent hours walking up and down and admiring the old buildings of the Meatpacking District.

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