Tag Archives: Kyoto

“Monkey Madness” 22nd of November 2012

We had planned to do some more city sight seeing today, however the Kimono wearing Canadians told us about a Monkey park in Arashiyama, when Tommy found out the monkeys were in fact Japanese Macaques, it was decided what today would involve! Feeling pretty knackered after all the cycling and beer consumption, we headed to Arashiyama, […]

“City Cycles” 21st of November 2012

Such a good day cycling around Kyoto! We rented some brilliant little single speeds near the train station, which came with a basket and a self-charging light when it got dark, would have loved it for cycling at home! Our first destination was the Silver Pavilion, pretty nice cycle route even though the roads were fairly […]

“I feel like a bullet” 20th of November 2012

Mainly just a travelling day so not much to report! We travelled from Nikko to Kyoto so it was fairly lengthy, however we did get to travel on a Shinkansen Bullet Train! (All included with the JR pass <3) They are indeed just like bullets, tried to get a picture of one in the station but they are […]