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This year I went back to my roots and familie.

Namely Japan.
It was a 10 day vacation. To short if you ask me.
It was really nostalgic for me, seeing my family and homeland again.

It was a very long trip to go there, but I didn’t really care. I just wanted to go there

We visited Kyoto and Osaka. For a detailed diary of my trip click on the following links:

Day 1: Arrival, Osaka & Kyoto

Day 2: Kyoto: Shrines and Temples

Day 3: Kyoto: Celebrating my birthday at my birthplace

Day 4: Kyoto: Family visit, and break time.

Day 5: Osaka: Castles, food and arcade.

Day 6: Ceremony, Manga Museum, Festival

Day 7: Shopping and arcade

Day 8: Kyoto: Foodmarket & Geisha disctrict

Day 9: Kyoto: New Haircut.
Otsu: boat trip, dinner at a commoner’s house.

Day 10: Kyoto: Eigamura & Korean Barbeque

Day 11: Kyoto: Departure

It was a great trip, not a trip to do every year because it was expensive as hell.

Vacation Journal

Day 1

The alarm went off at 6 A.M.
The parent’s came to pick us up at our house. As the zombies we were, we got our bags and left our house.
For some odd reason I had to think about the song “Leaving on a jetplane.

Once we arrived at the airport we sad our goodbye’s and took our plane to Frankfurt.
The trip to Frankfurt took about an hour.
When we got of the airplane, we had to wait 4 hours for our plane to Osaka.

The trip to Osaka took about 12 hours. I tried to sleep, but I couldn’t fall a sleep
So I started watching a movie. We had a great choice to pick out :p (not really)
-Highschool musical 3 (lol)
-Australia
-The dutchess
-Beverly hills chiwawa
-women
-and 6 other movies… sorry I forgot which ones.
You also had the 10 music stations you could listen to, from hip hop to bollywood music.

After the long trip we finally arrived in Osaka. Time to change the clock, 8 hours later..
We took the shuttletrain to Kyoto. It was really easy to find the way to the train and buy tickets thank god!
The trip to Kyoto took about 2 hours.

Finnally at the endstop. The place we had to be.
We had some bad communication with my aunt, she thought we would arrive the next day, so we had to find the hotel by ourself.

Lucky I had the pamflet of the hotel with me, so we found the hotel. The trip to the hotel was with the bus. You don’t have to buy a ticket upfront, you have to pay in exact change when you drop off. A bus trip cost’s 220 ¥.
It’s kinda funky the japanese busses:
-you have a machine on the bus where you can change your money so you can pay in exact change
-When you push the button to get off,there’s this high woman voice who says, we will stop at the next stop (in japanese ofcourse)
-The busdriver talks when he turns, this way you will know when you would have to hold on. XD

After another 30 minutes we finally arrived at our hotel.
It was a nice hotel. accually it isn’t a hotel, it’s a place to stay if you plan to stay for a few days max. They made an expection for us >< Thanks to the connection with my aunt ^^ It was really cozy. you have a bed, a tv, a table, and a pc (a very old and slow one though…)

We were starving (I really hate airplane food…) so we looked for a place to eat, luckely there was a cheap restaurant nearby.
The first japanese meal and what do I choose to eat? Curry (mmmm and it was good ><)

After lunch? Dinner? I’m not really sure what to tell XD we went back to the hotel. On the way back I had to take this picture.

We really were beat so we went to bed. I think it was around 5P.M (that’s calling going to bed early XD) we woke up at midnight XD yeah we are night-peoles :p The jetlag was hard the first few days… but we survived. we started walking around, we didn’t see much in the dark, I think we walked 10 km.

I was tired again so we went back to the hotel and slept.

We didn’t do much but that was end of day one.

Day 2

The first day we went sightseeing.

I met my aunt at 10 A.M. and left for the Fushimi Inari Taisha or Fushimi Inari Shrine (also known from the movie memoirs of a geisha, the scene where the maiko runs through the red gates)

little info about the shrine:

Fushimi Inari is noted for its remarkable sight of some 10,000 small torii (shrine gates) that arch over a long path up the hill behind the shrine. It takes about two hours to walk along the whole trail, and there are nice views of Kyoto from the top.
Donated and inscribed by businesses and individuals thankful for their prosperity, the long tunnel of torii is one of the most iconic visions of Kyoto.
(from http://www.sacred-destinations.com/japan/kyoto-fushimi-inari.htm)

Foxes are said to be the messengers of Inari, and stern bronze foxes (kitsune) can be seen throughout the shrine. Inari’s foxes are generally considered helpful, but they have also been said to bewitch people. The keys that some of them hold in their mouths are for the rice granaries.
(from http://www.sacred-destinations.com/japan/kyoto-fushimi-inari.htm)

After the long walk we went to eat some Kitsune Udon. Man I missed this food! ><

Along the hiking trail, small restaurants serve Kitsune Udon (“Fox Udon”), a noodle soup topped with pieces of aburaage (fried tofu), a treat favored by foxes.(from http://www.sacred-destinations.com/japan/kyoto-fushimi-inari.htm)

After lunch we took the metro to the sanjusangendo. At the metro station I had to take a picture of the metro. I found the entrance to beautiful not to take a picture.

The best way to travel with the metro is by buying a ticket of 5000 Yen. with this ticket you can use this to pay any bus or metro, it will make you save some money. And yes japan is expensive! :p

On the way to the temple we saw the mountain Daimonji-yama. Once a year this mountain would be lit for the Daimonji.

I remember seeing this mountain on fire 10 years ago. Sadly I didn’t see it lit this time.

Daimonji (大文字), is one of the iconic festivals of Kyoto, Japan. It is the culmination of the O-Bon festival on August 16th, in which five giant bonfires are lit on mountains surrounding the city. It signifies the moment when the spirits of deceased family members, who are said to visit this world during O-Bon, are believed to be returning to the spirit world—thus the name Okuribi (送り火) (roughly, “send-off fire”).
The origins of the festival are obscure, but it is believed to be ancient. Specific families have the hereditary duty of organizing all the logistics of the bonfires, and they spend many hours annually providing volunteer labor to maintain this tradition.
(from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gozan_Okuribi)

here’s a pic when it’s lit. (this picture is taken from http://en.wikipedia.org)

The Sanjusangendo was really nice!
Entrance fee for the temple 600 yen.

little info about the temple:

Sanjusangendo is the popular name for Rengeo-in, a temple in eastern Kyoto which is famous for its 1001 statues of Kannon, the goddess of mercy. The temple was founded in 1164 and its present structures date from 1266.
The main hall, which houses the statues, is with over 100 meters Japan’s longest wooden structure. In its center sits one large Kannon, flanked on each side by 500 smaller statues, standing in neat rows side by side, each as tall as a human being.

It is said that you will find your own face on one of the statues. Each statue has a different face. Sadly we didnt have enough time to look at our face, because the temple would closing.We were not allowed to take pictures inside here’s a picture taken from http://www.electrifiedcigars.com/japan/bonus/10010.jpg

After the temple we went to my aunt’s house. The house I was born in waow lot’s of memories…
I last saw my niece when she was 5 now she’s 12 and she as big as me. (does this mean that I’m really small?? :p )

We left for dinner. For a tourist you will never find these kind of restaurant’s, you don’t see if it’s a restaurant, it looks like a house. Only the the people who know the owner’s know that it’s a restaurant. The food was delicous. Dinner was in 5 courses. small courses on small plates but at the end I ate to much… It is common to drink beer and saké at dinner, and alot of saké. The men on the table are not supposed to pour the drinks, the woman is supposed to do that. So for 10 days I have been pouring drinks for my boyfriend. I hope he enjoyed it because we’re back in Belgium now :p It is common that if you invite some one for dinner that you pay for the dinner. I felt kinda bad about this. I offered to pay a part but my aunt refused. so basiclly I have been eating for 10 days on the bill of my aunt and family friends… I hope they will come to belgium once so I can repay them…

Well after dinner we went back to the hotel and went to bed as the zombies are supposed to :p

End Day 2.

Day 3

It’s my birthday! What would be a better a birthday dan celebrating it in your birthcountry?

So I spend my birthday in Kyoto this year, and it turned out to be one of the best birthday’s ever.

As a birthday present my aunt had payed for a private guide and chauffeur, who would bring us to places the whole day. This was all from MK taxi if you ever want to experience what I did.
Our guide/driver has a diploma of history, so he told us alot of cool stuff of the places we visited.

So our guide picked us up at 9AM. We who were still adjusting with the jetlag, woke up as zombies.

We didn’t have any cash anymore so we went to look for a place to get some money. For those from Belgium, you can get money from the postoffice’s ATM. You can use Visa or your normal bankcard.

After we got our monnies we started with the guide.
First stop: Nijo Castle!
entrance: 600 yen

Info Nijo Castle:
Nijō Castle (二条城 ,Nijō-jō^?) is a flatland castle located in kyoto, Japan. The castle consists of two concentric rings of fortifications, the Ninomaru Palace, the ruins of the Honmaru Palace, various support buildings and several gardens. The surface area of the castle is 275,000 square meters, of which 8000 square meters is occupied by buildings. (from Wikipedia)

The castle was amazing. How detailed the walls, ceiling, the floor,… It was really beautiful.
What I found the most interesting about the castle is that the floor has it’s own alarm. If an assasin would enter the palance and walk on the main floor, the floor would squeak like birds when anyone walks on them. Each room was different which made the castle unique.
Tokugawa Ieyasu had the castle constructed. He was the first Shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate.
more info about Tokugawa and the shogunate:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_Ieyasu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_Shogunate

Sadly we are not allowed to take pictures inside the castle.

Besides the castle there was a very nice garden as well.

After the Nijo Castle we went to the Kinkaku-ji or the Golden Pavilion Temple.

from wikipedia:
Kinkaku-ji was originally built in 1397 to serve as a retirement villa for Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, as part of his estate then known as Kitayama.
It was his son who converted the building into a Zen temple of the Rinzai school. The temple was burned down twice during the Ōnin War.
The Golden Pavilion, or Kinkaku, is a three-story building on the grounds of the temple. The top two stories of the pavilion are covered with pure gold leaf. The pavilion functions as a shariden, housing relics of the Buddha (Buddha’s Ashes). The top floor is built in traditional Chinese style, and the middle floor in sober Zen-style. The ground floor is rendered in shinden-zukuri-style, without gold leaf. The building is often linked or contrasted with Ginkaku-ji, the Silver Pavilion Temple, which is also located in Kyoto.

On top of the Kinkaku-ji you will see a big Phoenix. It was really nice to see. You may not enter the Temple. Only important people are invited to the temple.

In this picture you see is a picture of a big rock with represent’s the boat that you must travel to go to the heavens.

This picture represent’s a Koi fish that cannot swim upstream. This represent’s that a samurai cannot become a Shogun.

In the previous picture you see a 600 year old bansai in a shape of a boat.

After the Kinkakuji the guide dropped us off at a restaurant. It looked very expensive. This restaurant is known for thier Yu-dofu. The food was just delicious! I loved it
Here is a picture of the restaurant.

Next stop Tenryu-ji.
entrance: 500 yen

Info from Wikipedia
Tenryū-ji (天龍寺)—more formally known as Tenryū Shiseizen-ji (天龍資聖禅寺)—is the head temple of the Tenryū sect of Rinzai Zen Buddhism, located in Susukinobaba-chō, Ukyō Ward, Kyoto Japan. The temple was founded by Ashikaga Takauji in 1339, primarily to venerate Gautama Buddha, and its first chief priest was Muso Soseki. Construction was completed in 1345. As a temple related to both the Ashikaga family and Emperor Go-Daigo, the temple is held in high esteem, and is ranked number one among Kyoto’s so-called Five Mountains.

This was a really relaxing place, it was peace and quite there. A real Zen place.

After visiting the temple you can walk through a bamboo forest at Arashi-Yama. This was really beautiful and amazing.

After the long bambo path you have to possibility to visit Okochi Sanso.
Entrance: 1000 yen

Okochi Sanso was the private villa of the famous silent fim era actor Okochi Denjiro. He constructed this unique garden villa on the south side of Mount Ogura over a 30 year perios. A Number of pine trees, cherry trees and maple trees seasonally color the vast garden. From the Daijo-kaku buidling, grand views of Arashi-yama and Mount heie can be enjoyed. The garden has a stream from the HOZU River running through it and an exquisite tea ceremony room. There we were able to taste this tea. I loved the tea, but according my boyfriend it’s to bitter ><

After Okochi we walked pass the Monkey mountain back to the taxi.

Once got back to the car, we started driving to the Koryu-ji temple.
Entrance: 700 Yen

The Koryu-ji temple, belonging to the shingon sect of Buddhism, is the oldest temple in Yamashiro, Kyoto. It is said to have been founded in 603 and is one of seven large temples in Japan constructed by prince Shôtoku. You find really huge statues of Buddha in the temple. If you’re looking for interesting places for Buddhism, this is a place to visit.
According to our guide was prince Shôtoku a very smart boy. He was printed on the money several times.
Prince Shotoku is one of the important people in early Japanese history.

Last stop Kiyomizu Temple.

Kiyomizu means clear water, or pure water. It was really high. It is said if you survive the jump one’s wish would be granted.

After Kiyomizu we didn’t have much time to visit any temple’s so the guide showed us some places with the car. We saw some nice places which we wanted to visit, which you will see later.

This was the end of my birthday present. It felt nice learning about your roots and stuff on your birthday but a whole day is tireing.

The guide dropped us off at my aunt’s and we went to eat some Korean barbecue. (YUMMY!)
I wanted to pay a part of the dinner but my aunt refused. We were with 5 and she payed the whole meal O.O (to be honest it was expensive 35000 yen)

Well after dinner I recieved more present’s (yeay! come on who doesn’t like recieving present’s?)

And this would be the end of day 3. and the first day my feet started to hurt…

Day 4

On the fourth day we took a break. We did everything calmy. Because we were beat from the day before. So we went looking around the city.

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In a supermarket I found some can’s of something but the printing was final fantasy characters. For final fantasy fans this should be in your collection. I bought 4 can’s 3 for my friend and one for my own ^^

While watching TV I found some funky looking anime… what is this about? chickens? Another proof that japanese people are odd.

Well the day passed and we went to my aunt’s house for dinner. were I met old friends of the family and my Uncle. My Uncle Tarzan works in the week on a island as a helicopter pilot and comes home at weekends. Since it was friday evening he came home

In these pictures you see a painting of my great grandfather. It was scrached by a cat 10 years ago, but it seems that they fixed it

And ofcourse we may not forget the family dog Ha-chan. Ha-chan is a short version of Hachiko. Hachiko is a famous dog more info about this on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachik%C5%8D

End day 4
Day 5 Today we went to Osaka with my friend Kyoshi, who he guided us through Osaka. It was a 2 hour drive from Kyoto to Osaka (note: In japan they drive on the left side). Once we got there we first went to the「Cosmel」Cosplay event in Nankou ATC.

The Japanese event’s are different as the european events. It was accually a gathering of cosplayers who were there for taking pictures of them selfs. What I didn’t know was this day was the first day and not much cosplayers was going to be here. The biggest day to go was Sunday, but I had already plans for Sunday so I guess it would be for the next time I would visit Japan. I saw some nice cosplays although I don’t know what they were cosplaying. I did reconize a few cosplays though. ^^

After the event Kyoshi took us to the Osaka castle.

Info from Wikipedia
Originally called Ozakajō, it is one of Japan’s most famous castles, and played a major role in the unification of Japan during the sixteenth century of the Azuchi-Momoyama period. Osaka Castle is situated on a plot of land roughly one kilometer square. It is built on two raised platforms of landfill supported by sheer walls of cut rock, using a technique called Burdock piling, each overlooking a moat. The central castle building is five stories on the outside and eight stories on the inside, and built atop a tall stone foundation to protect its occupants from sword-bearing attackers.

Here’s a picture of my trying on the huge helmet of one of the shogun. It weighed a ton. I was glad to take it off XD

This stone is called the pathetic stone. why is he called this way? Because it didn’t get used. There is probably more story behind this stone, but sadly I cannot read japanese and Kyoshi didnt tell us more.

After Oaska Castle Kyoshi took us out to eat some Okonomiyaki. It has been 10 years since I ate okonomiyaki and it was once again yummy!

Info from wikipedia
Okonomiyaki (お好み焼き ^?) is a Japanese savoury pancake containing a variety of ingredients. The name is derived from the word okonomi, meaning “what you like” or “what you want”, and yaki meaning “grilled” or “cooked” (cf. yakitori and yakisoba). Okonomiyaki is mainly associated with Kansai or Hiroshima areas of Japan, but is widely available throughout the country. Toppings and batters tend to vary according to region.

After the Castle we went to Amerikamura which is in the center of Osaka. In Amerikamura is accually a area with alot of shops… The youth of Osaka hangs around this area.

And what did we find in Amerikamura? Purikura, also known as Print Club, are photobooths that allow you to decorate your pictures. I remeber taking alot of purikura pictures the last time I came to Japan.

To be honest I saw some wierd fashion there. Some girls scared me… Really. I bought a magazine for someone from the cosplay forum. here’s a pic of the cover. funky isn’t it?

After Osaka we left to Otsu, where Kyoshi lives. We were invited at his house for dinner. The food was good

well that was day 5

End Day 5

Day 6

Today I had was lucky I was able to join the ceremony of my dead grandfather. I never experienced a Buddhism memorial before. I didn’t know what to do but the family closest had to start with offering and I was third…

How does a Buddhism memorial happen?

Wel the head monk start to do his prayers and then starts singing a song. Sadly I didn’t understand much because it was mostly done in the old japanese. After he’s done the closest family members starts by doing thier pray’s.

how do you do this?
well you bow before the priest on your knees, after that you bow again but this time to the other family members, after that you turn around to the budda statue and bow once again.
Once you bowed then you take incense and and put it on a pile, you do this 3 times.
After this you pray to the Budda and my grandfather. When everyone has done thier pray’s the monks start’s preaching.
After the preaching we went to the cemetery and there the monk started singing again, one by one you have to put incense on a pile and you take a bucket of water and clense the tombestone. That was the end of the Ceremony.

After the Ceremony we went to this fancy restaurant with the whole family and the monk. The food was really beautiful and ofcourse good. It was in a old house from a former rich person. so I guess it was a expensive restaurant. Al the waiters were dressed in kimono. It was like I was going back into time.

What I discovered that day was, this monk our family priest and the one who gave me my name.

After lunch my boyfriend, niece and I went to the Manga museum. It wasn’t really a museum but a place where you can read manga. There where 3 floors full with manga. You may read the manga, al you have to do is pay entrance and put the book back into place. And just to let you guys know, it’s not all Japanese! You had English, French, dutch, German, … there where some rooms with some exhibition of mangaka’s and other stuff.

website mangamuseum: http://www.kyotomm.jp/

There was a room with non japanese comics.

According to the japanese people kuifje, the smurfs are french comics, but aren’t these Belgium comics?

And now the stuff I came for in the manga museum Cosplay! There was a cosplay meet in the Manga museum. I was able to talk to some of the cosplayer. Yeay! one is even coming to Japan expo in paris this year!

After the hyperness I got a picture of my self. There was a few people before me but I waited.

Kyoshi and Kokoro kun came to pick us up. We dropped Kate (my niece) off at her home and went to Hanatoro.

We were lucky to be able to experience Hanatoro. Hanatoro is a festival. Kyoto Hanatouro is performed twice [ of spring and autumn ] per year in Arashiyama and Sagano, and the Higashiyama neighborhood. Here, hundreds of lanterns made of bamboo and ceramic (“andon”) line the evening streets and bamboo forest, illuminating your path and creating a magical atmosphere. Nearby temples and shrines also hold their own special light-ups..[Gallery not found]

After the long walk we decided to eat ramen. People this ramen is totally different then those you eat in small packs. It’s more delicous

End day 6

Day 7

The funnest day for me, a boring day for the boyfriend.

Shopping day in Kyoto. We went to the OPA shoppingcenter. The shoppingcenter had 10 floors and was humongous!

After the first 2 floors my boyfriend could’nt take anymore so he went to the arcade. So I went shopping alone. After 3 hours I finished the shopping center and went to the arcade.

And ofcourse more purikura.

After all the gaming we got something for our sweettooth. Pancakes filled with ice cream. Oishii!

Alot of japanese people were wearing face masks for thier allergy of the pollem’s. Another goofy picture of me :p

Another long day. ..

End Day 7

Day 8

The first day we slept without the alarm.

Once we woke up we went to the Nishiki market. What is the Nishiki market? well this is a market were you buy your food.

After Nishiki market we went to Kyoto station to Bic Camera. This is a shop like media market but waaaayyyy bigger. I saw some cool stuff, but didn’t buy anything… because it was waaay to expensive. Well I got to see a sneak previeuw of the new nintendo DS these you are able to buy in kyoto on 20th of march.

http://kotaku.com/5057870/nintendo-announce-new-ds-the-nintendo-dsi

On our way back to the hotel we saw some schoolgirls. I found it to cute not to take pictures of them.

When we got back to the hotel we took a nap and went to the Philosopher’s Path It would be beautiul when the Sakura would be open but it wasn’t open yet

Then it was time for dinner. We went back to the same restaurant as day 2. This time we took pictures of the food. We forgot to take pictures last time and the plate’s are so nicely decorated.

Once we ate to much we left the restaurant and went to the GION district.
Gion is Kyoto’s most famous geisha district, and one of the city’s most popular attractions. The district lies in the city center around Shijo Avenue between Yasaka Shrine and the Kamo River, and is filled with ochaya (teahouses where geisha entertain), theaters, shops and restaurants. My aunt told me that it’s rare to see a maiko or a geisha, but to be honest we saw 6 in total, maybe we were lucky? Sadly no pictures… they may be beautiful but they walk really fast and we couldn’t get a good picture

How do you reconize a house were a maiko lives? Well if you see in the next pictures you see the wooden boards? On each wooden board there’s a name. so in the following picture there are 5 Maiko’s living in that house.

End Day 8

Day 9
We woke up at 9. The taxi came to pick us up, and dropped us off at the barbershop. I got a new haircut ^^ While I was getting my haircut my boyfriend went sightseeing alone. He didn’t take much pictures. It was a totally different experience the barbershop in japan. It is custom to get a massage after you get your hair cut, and it felt great!

Once I relaxed we went to get some Curry.

After the lunch we went to get some tea at the local Starbucks :p

We had an appointment with Kyoshi to go to Otsu. Otsu is just next to Kyoto. It is known for the huge lake they have lake Biwako. From wikipedia The area of this lake is about 670 km², which is larger than Awaji Island. Small rivers drain from the surrounding mountains into Lake Biwa, which serves as a reservoir for the cities of Kyoto and Ōtsu and is a valuable resource for nearby textile industries. It provides drinking water for about 15 million people in the region. Lake Biwa is a breeding ground for freshwater fish, including trout, and for the pearl culture industry. The lake’s surface rises as much as three metres in spring due to melting snow and spring rains, and in autumn after typhoon rains. At Lake biwako there’s a big boat from Michigan USA. This boat was a present from Michigan to Biwako. We took a little cruise on the boat.

When we got back to Kyoto we went and eat some sushi.

After lunch we went and played Pachinko. To be honest I didn’t understand this game. It was crowdy and the music was loud. I think we were there for 10 min :p More info about pachinko: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachinko

Day 10

Today was a day of fun! We went to Eigamura.

Eigamura is an amusement park but also a place wear they film movies.
info: http://www.frommers.com/destinations/kyoto/A23819.html

There’s alot of plastic stuff at the entrance.

One of the attractions in Eigamura is the ghost house. And I’m not going back in there. It was a little too spooky for me. My boyfriend enjoyed it however.

Lunch at eigamura. Noodle time! yummy again

After lunch we went to see this 3D movie in eigamura. It started cool until we saw this new version of powerrangers XD

They were filming, but we didnt see much

You have the oppertunity to dress up like then.

But it was late so I couldn’t I could only get my picture taken. sorry for the blurry foto, the good one has to be sent from japan.

Once we were finished with Eigamura we went back to my aunt and checked everything for the next day, because the next day we were leaving…

Then we went to eat some dinner. As the last meal we ate korean Nabé (hotpot). It was delicous but to much… XD

After dinner we said our goodbye’s and took the last picture of my old house with my aunt and niece.

End day 10

Day 11

Time to leave Japan.

Woke up at 5 AM got our stuff and took the taxi to Kyoto station.
There we took the train back to Osaka airport.

Time for a last picture in Japan.

After the long travel we arrived back in Belgium.
We were really tired. so we went to bed.

Some pictures of the gifts from Japan

Conclusion of my trip:

I loved seeing my family back again.
I was glad to see my roots back again.
Saw alot of shrines and temples.
I would advise to do this trip but it’s very expensive, I was lucky that my aunt did alot for us, otherwise we wouldn’t have done the half of the sightseeing.
So my conclusion: 9/10

I’m definently going back!

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