A Trip to Japan

We flew into Tokyo and stayed a few days to try and get used to the time change and culture shock.  Tokyo is an amazing city with both Ancient building and traditions and a very modern edge.
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Nikko was our first experience outside of Tokyo.  Nikko is very popular destination in Japan and has an amazing collection of temples and shrines.  We stayed in a traditional hotel or Ryokan.
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Jo-anne - one of Thao's friends from University lives in Aizu and was nice enough to put us up for 2 days.  While in Aizu, there was a spring festival at the local castle - a trip highlight.
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Kyoto - what can you say!  We started with the North West of Kyoto and saw a castle, a golden temple and had a great time drinking in public.
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On our second day in Kyoto we walked down the path of philosophy and hung out the Geisha district.
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Nara is the origin of government in Japan.  Mark worked at Tenri - a town close to Nara and Mark recommended stopping by to see the giant statue.
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Deca, Thao's brother was staying in Toyohashi teaching English.  Toyohashi isn't a regular tourist stop but it was nice to see Deca.
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We had completed our trip around Japan and returned to Tokyo for a few days of shopping and last minuet touring.
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