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For our anniversary, we went to Japan for four days. We had a great trip. We got
to experience Osaka which is a city of several million people. It is a huge trading and manufacturing center -
it has a higher GNP than all but 8 countries! We also explored Kyoto for a couple days as well. Kyoto is smaller
and has more cultural relics to see and is close to pretty mountain scenery. Our limited first impression
was that Japan is diverse, expensive, clean, westernized and it pays attention to detail - everything is a piece
of art.
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| Osaka street. |
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| Tea house entrance in Kyoto. Only men and their geishas are allowed inside this particular one. |
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| Sampling the local gambling options in Osaka. |
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| Conveyer belt sushi. Heather threw up the local specialty (fermented soybeans) after this picture! |
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| Osaka side street. |
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| We rode the bullet train between the cities. These trains go up to 168 miles/hour! |
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| This Osaka subway is only somewhat crowded - they can pack 'em in tighter than this! |
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| Street jazz on the river strip in Kyoto. |
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| Lone geisha walking to an appointment. Gion District - Kyoto. |
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| Umbrellas and shoes always stay outside. |
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