Golden Week in Kyoto and Biwako

Japanese hotel

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Giving ken ken a piggy back, these kids get attached so quickly!

Japanese hotel

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Cant really see the bright lights very well, but it looked good at the time! With the boys again

Japanese hotel

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Family Portrait! ( with two random 外人　foreigners)

Japanese hotel

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Trying my hand at 大富豪 or 'Daifygo' the Japanese card game, adjusted the rule to suit myself ( ring any bells BGS boys???)

Communal Bathing!

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I did not take this photo of the 温泉　or public baths because everyone walks around naked! Has to be random man!

Communal Bathing!

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Is that somebody in the bath??? Once again i did not take my camera in, plus i would never go in during the day1 Always go 5 minutes before they close!

Biwako Lake

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The road up to one of the shrines in ??????????????

Biwako Lake????

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The 鳥居 or gateway to the shrine in the distance (the red thing for those uncultured ppl)

Biwako Lake

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Felt like being a 10 yr old again!

Biwako Lake

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And again! only just fit into this thing! (shutup arun!)

Biwako Lake

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Gateway to the Shrine????

Biwako Lake

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Traditional japanese lantern!

Biwako Lake

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Another gateway, cant tell you the significance of it though!

Biwako Lake

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One of the many shrines within a shrine! In other words it is a series of shrines! Make sense?

Biwako Lake

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The view of 琵琶湖　Biwako　Lake from the top of Mt???? after a cable car ride up!

Biwako Lake

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The views from up the top of ????

Biwako Lake

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My host mum at the entrance of

Biwako Lake

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The traditional wooden gates along....