Tokyo to London (HND to LHR)
Blog
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Saturday, 3rd May
Tokyo: early lap of Ueno lake, Taito Game Station, Ueno park, Tokyo National Museum
Spot-billed 
Little Grebe 
Taiko no tatsujin: found a great arcade almost next door to the hotel with an English version of the game and in a slightly less thunderous corner …
Fish stick Woodcut exhibition
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Friday, 2 May 2025
Hokusai museum
Sumida Hokusai museum 
Downpour 
Downpour 
Giant gyoza! -
Thursday, 1st May
Kyoto to Tokyo
Nozomi
Street food in Ueno Park
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Wednesday, 30th April
Bus to Takao and Gingoji temple
Back in Kyoto
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Tuesday, 29th April
Early walk by river, Daikakuji temple complex, cactus garden, kaiseki lunch, jazz café
Teal 
Great White Egret 
Black Kite 
Large-billed Crow 
Widgeon Daikakuji temple
Turtle Dove 
Bonsai garden (for JB)
Bonsai heaven (for JB) Kaiseki lunch
Vegetarian Kaiseki Jazz café
The menu cover 
Vitavox Klipschorn speaker 
Garrard 401s Jazz café Yamatoya -
Monday, 28th April
Osaka Expo 2025
Unfinished! 
Osaka speciality – takoyaki 
Konbini okomiyaki 
Who knew Jeremy Corbyn smokes a pipe? -
Sunday, 27th April
Nijo castle and Nishiki market
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Saturday, 26th April
Nansen-ji temple complex
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Friday, 25th April
Ryoanji temple and stone garden
Large-billed Crow -
Thursday, 24th April
Hike from Kurama to Kibune
Monkey! 
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Wednesday, 23rd April
Kyoto National Museum 
Walking to the exhibition 
Second trip to the arcade. Found an English-language cabinet … 
Kyoto-style okonomiyaki 
Shrimp and veg -
Tuesday, 22nd April
The lovely AirBnB host family 
Prawn and veg tempura from the local seafood shop 
The vast Kyoto station 
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Monday, 21st April
Sanjusangen-do 
1,001 statues es of The Buddha 
Coke a Temple sponsor? 
White-cheeked Starling -
Kyoto, Friday, 18th April
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Okinomiyaki preparation 
Shrine / Samurai helmet in my living room 
Japanese Wagtail 
Japanese White-eye -
17th April, Kyoto
Kenninen-hi 
Taiko No Tatsujin 
Managed a Clear at Expert level! 
Traditional and modern combining 
Kamo river 
A new meaning to ‘moving house’. -
Japan 2025
15-16 April: London to Kyoto
Mighty Shinkansen 
Even mightier Fuji-San 
Digs 
Mattress and tatami mats 
Noodles and Kirin -
River ride with Michael
Along the river (Avon) towpath, under the suspension bridge, through Pill, over the motorway bridge and back along the other side. Lovely bright morning.
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Weekend chilling at Elaine’s
No sign of the sun for days then this treat:
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Brighton with Anne
We boldly set out to join the local Park Run only to find that it was cancelled due to the wild weather. It was blowing a serious gale so we instead did our own shorter version up and down the sea front. A modest 3.1km on Strava …
Bright blue sky on Sunday, though a cold wind still blowing at over 30km/h. Along the front, past the Upside-down house. Eggs Benedict for brunch then searched for pebbles with holes and watched some acrobatic kite surfers.
RB's journal 