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Granites just for us
So no wonder you get construction injuries.

From Blog: The Granites – Wonderful Local Hospitality

8th December 2014

Yvonne bruce
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not a moment lost
You sure packed this trip full of highlights. I have been quietly following and enjoying it vicariously. Thanks for the wedding photos they were great. I imagine you will arrive home tired little teddy bears.

2nd December 2014

another one we've been to!
Loved the Fushimi-Inari temple. We didn't make it all the way up the mountain, either. Took tons of photos, though.. I think there's one on our Christmas card (need to get those in the mail soon...). Cheers!

From Blog: Tori, toti and more tori

2nd December 2014

the food ticket machines
Those food machines are interesting! Not a problem for non-picky eaters. I had to bring the cashier over and point at the simplest-looking one and try to indicate that they should leave the green onion garnish off :-). We got it sorted, boys were happy.

3rd December 2014

Food ticket machines
Most of the time if we were looking in trouble somebody would come over and help us out. Generally people were very helpful. We only had difficulties with a machine that did not have any pictures or English titles. When no assistance was offered we just moved on.

2nd December 2014

Fun to see some repeats of where we went... the bamboo forest, the castle. Not sure if your Zen garden is one of the 2 we went to (Ryoanji and Nanzenji). We didn't make it to the monkey place as the kids were tired and didn't want to walk up the hill, but we did go on that bridge. And I think you are getting more upscale food than we did... with 3 kids we went cheap and kid-friendly so lots of udon and takeout from the 7-11s, not so much with the nicer restaurants. I want to go back in the fall some year... or spring when the trees are blossoming...

2nd December 2014

Dining in Japan
We have been avoiding the upmarket restaurants and the pseudo western food. Our best food finds have not been in the big food halls, but rather the back streets. We do however mostly restrict ourselves to places with food models or a menu in 'engrish'. The times we have ventured into places without models or pictures have all worked our successfully. We have however been beaten by one food ordering machine and as a result moved on to another choice. Normally the staff is really eager to help, so it works out.

28th November 2014

keep it up :-)
Still enjoying all of your trip posts. Funny that we were in the same town (Hiroshima) just 4 months ago.

From Blog: Hiroshima a beautiful city of contrasts

26th November 2014

Greg gets a birthday call from his son Tristan back in Australia.

Angela Reimann
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Looking good, bro!
Autumn walking, beer and wonderful food = good health

From Blog: Temples and a Birthday cake

26th November 2014

Birthday call
It was kind of cool to get a birthday call from Tristan who was at work in the Dauna mine while I was in the grounds of a temple in Osaka.

From Blog: Temples and a Birthday cake

26th November 2014

Angela Reimann
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Lovely newlyweds!
Kanoko and Jason look so happy.

From Blog: Temples and a Birthday cake

23rd November 2014

Yvonne Bruce
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Mouth watering
The food looks absolutely stunning and so does the scenery. I cannot compete with my little trip to perth to go to the dentist. You look like you are having tons of fun

24th November 2014

Mouth watering
Yes, we are having tons of fun and we keep finding new and exciting foods to try.

19th November 2014

nice photos, looks fun!
We had looked at going to Hakone when we booked our trip but ended up going elsewhere. Looks gorgeous, esp. in autumn, and maybe we will make it back to Japan someday. Have fun!

From Blog: Exploring Mt Kami in Harkone

20th November 2014

Yes, Harkone is great.
We are loving Harkone. It is a Japanese holiday area, the people are very friendly, the food is amazing and there is heaps to see and do. Visiting an area like this for a while is a great way to aclimatise to Japan. We are now ordering the traditional breakfast by choice.

From Blog: Exploring Mt Kami in Harkone

27th August 2014

Fiona
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The significance - if it falls on you ~ you be dead

From Blog: Heading out of the Flinders

28th August 2014