enjoy:

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centra tokyo looking down the central shopping street

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temples in kobe

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mashu-ko in hokkaido (we got lost this day and ended up walking around 50km to get home - im not exaggerating)

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temple on the hillside of kyoto

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the most famous zen garen in japan, this photo doesnt do it justice, its really beautiful

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the golden palace in kyoto

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the "floating gardens" in osaka, you can see the glass walled elavator going up, reminded me of charlie and the chocolate factory heh

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funny engrish instructions in our youthhostel dorm

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stunning white walled castle of himeji. at view from the top you can see for miles

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some beautiful traditional gardens in hiroshima, the poisonous catapillars and terapins were a bonus (dont ask)

sorry for the delay, and a lot of the photos look naff just because it was mostly cloudy on the days we went to the temples etc. (still very hot)