Japan Mar/Apr 2006

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Shijo-dori
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In the Teramachi Covered Arcade. As well as being filled with shops there were also some very old, temples and shrines opening onto the shopping centre.
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Koya-San . The birthplace of the Shingon school of Esoteric Buddhism. Garden inside Kongobu-ji temple
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The founder of this comunity was Kukai, now known as Kobo Daishi.
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The Garan. Dai-to Great Pagoda
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The Daimon gate
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Okuna-in cemetery. Where every Japanese Buddhist wants their remains to be put.
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The furnicular railway up to Koya-san
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The Fujiya hotel Hakone. This is the first Western style hotel in all Japan built in the 1930s.
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Every room has piped hot mineral spring water.
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The Hakone open air museum
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