My Winter Vacation!
But first, a short story.
In a hurried attempt to give you a sampling of my vacation, I threw together a quick pair of pages to satiate your poor selves, since I figured you were pretty curious about the stuff I'd seen.
But NOW I have put together a much more detailed version of what Jeremy and I did for those 8 days.  I am a shutter-bug, so I have plenty to share!
However, I took Jeremy to several places I had previously visited last summer, while I studied in Hikone.  So I didn't take too many pictures of those places... some, none at all.  I thought I could just use my old pictures (some of which would probably be nicer than ones I would have taken this time) on my page to share with you.
HOWEVER... stupid me... over the summer I took all those pictures off my computer (there were well over 1,000) and burned them to CD.  Which I left in the US.  Of course.
So, Jeremy is going to get me a few pictures of some of those places when he develops his film.  I might be able to scrounge up other shots, if I dig around on the internet.  So, I'm sorry! But I'm going to do the best I can with what I've got!
SO... without further ado, please enjoy some of my pictures and stories from my winter vacation with Jeremy!!
A rough outline of our trip!
Some cities aren't done yet--they are RED. And you'll see this on my city pages for unfinished cities:
Click on the name of the city, or the picture to the right, to go to a page made especially about it--with more detailed info and PICTURES!
Jeremy and I traveled around southern Japan during vacation.
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Left early for HIMEJI;
checked into minsuku
    in Hiroshima;
visited
MIYAJIMA
Day 1 Miyajima Shrine
December
26th, Fri.
Day 2
Himeji Castle
Explored HIROSHIMA
December 27th, Sat.
Fukuoka
Checked out and headed to
  
FUKUOKA, met Aiko and Takashi;
left that evening for Kyoto, checked
   into our ryokan
Day 3
December
28th, Sun.
Hiroshima
Day 4
Uji's Byodo-in
Temple/shrine-hopping in KYOTO
December
29th, Mon.
Kyoto's famous Kinkakuji
Day 5
More temple/shrine-hopping
   in
KYOTO;
had lunch with Madoka
December
30th,Tues.
Kyoto's Yasaka Shrine on New Year's Eve
Day 6
Arashiyama Monkey Park in KYOTO;
travelled to
UJI and NARA;
New Year's temple-hopping that night
December
31st, Wed.
Day 7
Arashiyama Monkey Park in Kyoto
More temple/shrine-hopping in
   
KYOTO;
explored
OOSAKA that night
Hikone Castle seen from it's garden
January
1st, Thurs.
Day 8
Got up early to see two temples,
    locked in until 7;
travelled to
HIKONE, saw Doug;
HOME!!
January
2nd, Fri.
Kyoto's Heian-jingu toori