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26th April 2024
Riding the Rails

Riding the Rails
How to take a great shot of a train...a bullet of a pic! I'll post some of your pics in TB's "Trains, trains & more trains" in the Photography Forum. Love the perspective in this one that evokes sizzling speed to burn.
26th April 2024
Riding the Rails

Riding the Rails
Thank you for your kind words. That means a lot coming from you. When you are sitting in the train station and they whiz past you one really understands how fast they are moving.
23rd April 2024

Not a big fan of monkeys but these are adorable. I think I can enjoy just viewing and not interacting. That seems to be when it all goes wrong for me. How cool. Well worth going north, snow or no snow. I can real respect their love for the onsen too. Ah to lounge all day in one! Maybe I’ll be a snow monkey in my next life.
23rd April 2024

Snow Monkey
Andrea, being a snow monkey in the next life is a worthy goal. I Amy have to consider that also. Monkeys can be vicious and agree that I normally keep a distance. These guys are so adorable and don't seem to be bothered by people hanging out and looking at them.
22nd April 2024

Japan Agrees with You
It certianly looks like Japan agrees with you! You both look relaxed and happy. Makes me want to go back soon.
22nd April 2024

Japan Agrees with you
Indeed we loved our time in Japan. There is so much to experience. I hope you get back soon.
22nd April 2024

Tokyo!
Going backward now to enjoy the rest of your travel blogs through Japan. It seems there is just too much to see with one visit. I don’t know where to start? I’ve been in Tokyo 3 times for 24h work turnaround so other than the airport hotel, I’ve seen only a few things like harajuku, it seemed very chaotic. I’m thinking I’d skip Tokyo and take a train to Osaka first and then come back to Tokyo to enjoy after acclimatized? Thanks for sharing your trip with us!
22nd April 2024

Tokyo!
Indeed it would take multiple visits to Japan to do it justice... or a really long visit. We had three and a half weeks and barely scratched the surface. We liked Osaka more than we thought we would as we had read some mixed reviews. That blog is coming soon. Keep going back and you'll learn about those precious monkeys.
21st April 2024
We are having fun at the Shrine

Great picture of you two! Enjoying life and your adventures! Well done
22nd April 2024
We are having fun at the Shrine

Enjoying life
We are doing our best to cram as much in all the travel days we have left in this life. These experiences make us smile.
21st April 2024

OMG Binkleys!
Where do I even start! What a trip. What an adventure. The photos! Wow. Onsens, trains and Mt Fuji. I hung in every word. Can you tell I want to experience Japan some day? I only saw the airport and a hotel in Tokyo three times for my job. Time for me to go for me! Were the cherry blossoms late or early?
22nd April 2024

OMG Binkleys!
The cherry blossoms were a little late this year. We enjoyed each moment of exploration. Book your trip and you won't have regret. There is so much to see and experience. Thanks for reading and commenting.
21st April 2024

Taiwan
Ah, lovely! This brought back wonderful memories of my own visit to Taiwan over Chinese New Year 2007. Like you, I only really explored Taipei and around, and would have loved to have explored other parts of the country. Sounds like you did what you love best, exploring and sampling local cuisine. Foot massages at the end of each day sound perfect for the weary traveller! ☺️
21st April 2024

Taiwan
I'm glad you experienced the Chinese New Year. I bet that was a spectacle. The foot massages were perfect.
19th April 2024

Interesting train price hike
It is such a steep hike but was it required? UK trains are the most expensive of all. Are you allowed to wear something in the public baths or is it mandatory that you cannot?
19th April 2024

Interesting train price hike
It does seem like the price hike was s necessary hike. No, you cannot wear anything in the public baths in Japan. I'm not into nudity but it didn't take long to adjust to being nude. No one looked at you or cared. Men and women are in different rooms.
12th April 2024

Tokyo is paradise!
Thank you so much for your detailed and lively blog. I learned many new things and relished reading about things familiar to me. Your experiences delight me. Looking forward to more stories to come!
12th April 2024

Tokyo is paradise!
Amy, your help in planning this trip was endless. You decreased my worries about the train schedules and so much more. We loved the baseball games! Our time in Japan was special.
9th April 2024

Taiwan, Okinawa, Japan
Wow! The best travel journeys, pictures and narratives ever!
10th April 2024

Taiwan, Okinawa, Japan
Thank you Debbie. Thanks for following along and commenting.
7th April 2024

So many things to enjoy!
Looks like you had a wonderful visit. Are there other photos of sushi that didn’t make this blog? It makes my taste buds tingle to think of those flavors!
8th April 2024

So many things to enjoy!
Japan was a wonderful time. I will send you more sushi photos in case we didn't include enough. Yeah, for tingling taste buds.
7th April 2024

Delightful Japan
Hi Dave and Merry Jo, Great to see you are still packing it in. You only get one crack at it! Thanks for sharing your take on this fascinating country - one we never managed to sample, though I have no particular regrets - as you rightly say, you can't do it all and not always at the best time. Some of it is lady luck eh? We've had our share and must now resign ourselves to travel in the UK, so there's a touch of envy to read all the wonderful Travelblog blogs gifted us by others of the new era. Keep Smiling!
8th April 2024

Delight Japan
We will do our best to take you around the world with us as you did us in the past. There are a lot of wonderful things in the UK so that's not so bad. We try to see as much as we can in case we don't get back to a country. We don't often repeat locations.

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