{"id":2321,"date":"2013-06-15T19:07:05","date_gmt":"2013-06-15T09:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.natashabarr.com\/blog\/?p=2321"},"modified":"2019-04-07T21:25:29","modified_gmt":"2019-04-07T11:25:29","slug":"to-japan-and-back-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/natashabarr.com\/blog\/travel\/to-japan-and-back-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"To Japan and back – Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Todaiji Temple<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

With the Tokyo part of our trip over (see part 1<\/a>), we now had six days in Osaka filled with local sightseeing and trips to nearby areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the rainy weather, our first day included walking along Tenjinbashi-suji shopping street<\/a> as well as seeing the Tenmangu shrine<\/a> and the House and Living Museum<\/a>. We also managed to squeeze in a trip to Osaka Aquarium<\/a> that afternoon. We spent a day in Kyoto to visit Gion<\/a> and the Higashiyama District<\/a> along with a train ride south to the Fushimi Inari Shrine<\/a>. Another day we travelled to Iga-Ueno and visited Iga Ninja Museum<\/a>, a personal favourite of mine and worth the long trip out into the country. On our final free day, we went to Nara to see Todaiji Temple<\/a> with the largest bronze Buddha statue and other shrines within Nara Park. Other highlights included a day at Universal Studios<\/a> where we had a caricature drawn of us and the wonderful Yakiniku Rokko<\/a> in Shinsaibashi with all its tasty barbecue meat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Before we knew it, our trip was over and we were travelling back to Australia. It already seems like ages and while at the time of leaving I felt ready to go, now I want to go back again. Maybe not for a while though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are pictures from the Osaka part of our trip ^_^.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tenmangu Shine in Osaka<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Sign at Tenmangu Shrine<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Ema at Tenmangu Shrine<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Zodiac at Tenmangu Shrine<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Tenjinbashi-suji shopping street<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Figure made of wooden spoons the House and Living Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Miniatures at the House and Living Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Penguins at the Osaka Aquarium<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The large tank in Osaka Aquarium which includes a whale shark (though not a big one)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The arctic area at the Osaka Aquarium<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Sign in the jurassic park area at Universal Studios Japan<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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DeLorean outside the back to the future ride<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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In Gion, Kyoto<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Yasaka shrine<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Gate between Yasaka shrine and Maruyama park<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Display outside a shop in the Higashiyama district<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Geisha in the Higashiyama district<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Some more geisha<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Yasaka Pagoda<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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One of the many fox statues at the Fushimi Inari Shine<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Inside the Senbon Torii at the Fushimi Inari Shrine<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Lamp into the Senbon Torii<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Tea Ceremony at Gion Corner show<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Gagaku court music at Gion Corner<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Kyogen theatre at Gion Corner<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Kyo Mai dance by a Maiko at Gion Corner<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A second Kyo Mai dance<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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One of the local Iga Ueno trains<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Ninja at Uenoshii Station<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Part of a show at the Iga Ninja Museum which demonstrated various ninja weapons and techniques<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Shurikan thrown during the show which you were allowed to come and check out afterwards. They couldn’t be pulled out.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"The<\/a>
The Glico man in Namba<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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One of many large moving signs in Namba<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Deer outside Kofukuji Temple in Nara<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Todaiji Temple – apparently the world’s largest wooden building (and it’s only 2\/3 of its original size)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Buddha inside Todaiji Temple<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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One of the statues inside<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With the Tokyo part of our trip over (see part 1), we now had six days in Osaka filled with local sightseeing and trips to nearby areas. Despite the rainy weather, our first day included walking along Tenjinbashi-suji shopping street as well as seeing the Tenmangu shrine and the House and Living Museum. We also […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[100],"class_list":["post-2321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel","tag-japan"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/natashabarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/natashabarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/natashabarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/natashabarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/natashabarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2321"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/natashabarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6226,"href":"https:\/\/natashabarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321\/revisions\/6226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/natashabarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/natashabarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/natashabarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}