Nara - Todaiji Temple

Yet another spell of good luck, Todaiji was closed. We still had a look around the area and took some pics. Out the back of no where Nara is home to Todaiji Temple, which houses Japans biggest Buddha. We didn't see it but I'm told its awesome.

In other news Hughsey bought himself an Ice cream and soon had a bunch of deer chasing him for some. Quite amusing.

We stopped by Wald on the way there to take some more pictures of their demo cars also.

Pictures -








Nara -









Hughsey running from Deer -



This will be one of my last posts from Japan I'm leaving Tuesday night next week! Has been fun but I have things and people to see back in Australia.

Meihan Sportsland Drift practice day tomorrow!!

Kobe!

Went to Kobe to have a walk around, took our time saw alot more of the same stuff, city buildings and shops. Then we got down near the port/docks and wham something new, was kinda good to smell the sea again, salty air.

Pictures -

Hiroshima & the BOMB!

So we headed to Hiroshima the place where the ww2 nuke was dropped, this place had a strange feel to it. smiles once people knew we were Australians but stares and weird looks up until then.

Here some pictures anyway, the mound has 70,000 ppl buried in it from the blast -

Shinjuku, Harajuku, Shibuya, Ebisu, Yokohama, Sleep...

Big day today, saw more of Shinjuku, walked Harajuku, Shibuya, Ebisu & went over to Yokohama. My legs didn't thank me for it...

Here's the Pics -

Shinjuku-



Harajuku -



Shibuya -






This is all the Homeless people living in boxes under the bridge in Shibuya, really sad sight -



Ebisu -



Yokohama -

Tokyo! The Hunt for Shinjuku...

So we went to Tokyo. The busiest place I have ever been... Jumped on a Shinkansen (Bullet Train) from Shin-Osaka & made our way to Tokyo, 3.15mins of near on 300km/h train fun. Once we got there we got a massive smack in the face, so so many people in the biggest train station in Japan, and we had to navigate our way to Shinjuku (Worlds busiest intersection, as seen in Tokyo drift, haha) as our hotel was here. 3 hours in a subway isn't fun, especially when you have near on 20kg on your back (Camera gear & Laptop).

Heres some photos -







The subways special resident -



Shinjuku once we finally got there -




The intersection (this is at 11pm) -



Our choice of destination for a beer to end the night -

Kyoto - Kyomizudera Temple

Went back to Kyoto to try and find the Temple we had been searching for yet again. This time we found it!! Was a massive place, cant believe we couldn't find it.

I was kind of snap happy so I got lots of photos. Here they are -
















They like their beer here too -



this was outside someones house...

Kyoto Pass & Adams New Car

So Adam bought himself a car, 1999 Nissan C35 Laurel. Here's some pics -



Went to Kyoto today, walked around Nijo Jo & the Imperial Palace -








Enjoy!