Travelling to Osaka Castle

We arrived at the station 2 minutes before a train for Osaka was leaving so we jumped in. Before we … More

Lots of gardens

Walking on through the quarter we came to the Gangoji temple. Behind the present temple is a very nice peaceful … More

From there and the Wakamiya Jinja Shrine we again took a less frequented route back to the loop bus and … More

We re-traced our steps and set out for the Todaiji temple hoping to see two gardens on our way. We … More

We bought our last train tickets – to and from Nara for today and to Osaka tomorrow – and then … More

After that we decided to head for the ‘Silver’ pavilion but on the corner we found a fast food place … More

The Australian couple told us that when they had been here 10 years ago they had also visited a museum … More

After breakfast we set out to see more of Kyoto. We bought day tickets for the buses and then managed … More

The whole complex is known at Nijo castle, within the outer walls there is the Ninomaru palace which is where … More

More interesting was the ‘house’ or perhaps room would be more accurate, where the walls inside and out were all … More