japan journey

Kyoto - Fushimi Inari Shrine

伏見稲荷大社 [http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/IMG_2153_1.jpg]After a full day of Kyoto tourism onday one [https://blog.novaugust.net/tag/kyoto-day-1], day two found my

Kyoto - The Silver Pavillion

銀閣寺 After Kiyomizu [http://blog.novaugust.net/pure-water-temple/]and a spot of lunch at a cute little cafe we went off to our last major tourist destination for the day. This time around

Pure Water Temple

清水寺 Our first day in Kyoto was hardly going to end with just one spectacular site [http://blog.novaugust.net/the-thirty-three-length-hall/]. In fact, I'm sure as the day went on we

三十三間堂

[http://www.novaugust.net/blog/2012/06/the-thirty-three-length-hall/img_2051/] My family made it to Japan, and after a night of rest we set out to see Kyoto. Kyoto, and the region around

Hokkaido

Sapporo Sapporo was a great relaxer after the bustle (andzombies [http://blog.novaugust.net/tokyo-day-2-zombies/]) of Tokyo. Jenn and I were put up in a great apartment of our own thanks tocouchsurfing [http: