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9. 4. 2011 - Japan 2011 - 10th day

Trip to Hikone (彦根市) - a small city located at the coast of lake Biwa. We visited Hikone Castle one of the oldest original-construction castles in Japan. Castle is in really great condition with museum and great garden.

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8. 4. 2011 - Japan 2011 - 9th day

Silver pavilon - Ginkaku-ji (銀閣寺) and then walk through Philosopher path (哲学の道 Tetsugaku-no-michi) that leads south to Nanzen-ji temple. Then we took a little pause at hotel and after that we went to see Kiyomizu-dera (清水寺), this time beautifully lighten-up at night. Too bad that my compact camera couldn't do it justice - it was one of my best experiences in japan.

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7. 4. 2011 - Japan 2011 - 8th day

Okayama city. We visited Crow castle (烏城). It was destroyed and then fully reconstructed after second world war and now it serves as museum with samurai swords, amors and other. Under the castle there is Kōraku-en (後楽園) garden, which is considered one of three most beutiful gardens in all Japan.

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6. 4. 2011 - Japan 2011 - 7th day

Trip to nara - we visited giant wooden temple Todaiji (東大寺) and then roamed nearby park including botanical garden and Kasuga Taisha (春日大社) shrine. All around the park there are lots of shika deers that were once almost extinct but now they prosper and hunt tourists for crackers that can be bought in local vending machines.

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5. 4. 2011 - Japan 2011 - 6th day

Bycicle trip to Arashiyama (嵐山) that is located in north-west Kyoto near Katsura river. Notable stops are Daikaku-ji (大覚寺) and Tenryu-ji (天龍寺) temples. On the way back we took detour and followed Katsura river to the south.

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4. 4. 2011 - Japan 2011 - 5th day - second part

Going east from Katsura villa and then climbing mountain that houses Fushimi Inari Taisha (伏見稲荷大社) - head shrine of fox goddes Inari.

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4. 4. 2011 - Japan 2011 - 5th day - first part

Katsura imperial villa (桂離宮 Katsura Rikyū). One of two villas that can be visited with tour from Imperial Household Agency. It consist of large garden with several tea houses and of course main villa.

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3. 4. 2011 - Japan 2011 - 4th day

Ryoanji (龍安寺) and other zen temples in north Kyoto. And after that one of the most famous historical buildings in Kyoto - golden pavilon Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺) and other temples in vicinity.

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- Through gaming glass to old China - Age of Wushu

The day before, while I was browsing the internet, I came across advert of interestingly looking mmorpg. It brand new -actually it just launched its first non-beta servers 30 min after I discovered it :).

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