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146) I soooo very nearly bought the pink trunk.

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147) Know what these are??

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148) They are padding to hold your cameras!!

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149) Nikon straps (sorry Canon users, I only took pics of the Nikon ones since I'm a Nikon user. heh.)

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150) Other colorful straps for DSLRs

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151) And more...

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152)....and even more....

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153) Camera bags galore....This is just 1 of the 3 aisles full of camera bags...

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154)...and more...

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155) Gachapon!!

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156)

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157) One Piece temporary tattoo patches

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158) Mugiwara crew

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159) Star wars

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166) Came across a shop (still within Yodobashi building) selling many types of anime/cartoon products

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168) Lomo

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170) Cute kettles

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175) Mario brothers?

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177) After shopping, I decided to buy some food back and nuah in my room for the rest of the day since it was still raining heavily everywhere (well, and I've busted my daily budget for the day after shopping within just 1 store).

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181) Trains towards Kansai Airport are suspended

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182) Trains towards Takayama, Kanazawa are also suspended

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After which, it's back to my room and nuahz with snacks and runningman for the rest of the day.

 

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Trip 1 (Sep 2012) Day 7 Kyoto Arashimaya + Kobe

For the morning, I headed for Arashiyama to visit the monkey park.
This would be my 2nd time to Arashiyama.
My 1st trip there was back in Jul 2011 (http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/land-city-scapes-travel/956196-%5Bsam%5Ds-japan-trip-kobe-miyajima-hiroshima-osaka-takayama-kyoto-9.html#post7595327)

After a short visit to Arashiyama (which ended up raining around noon time), I headed for Kobe where I would be staying at a capsule hotel.

183) At Arashiyama....random sights while walking from the train station towards the riverside to get to the monkey park.

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187) After walking for about 10-15mins, I finally arrived at the riverside.

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188) Have to cross the bridge to reach the monkey park

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189) Shops along the riverside

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192) Entrance to the monkey park. wear comfy shoes.

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194) Admission fees (550yen for adults)

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195) The start of a long climb up. Took me about 30-40mins for the climb.

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196) Still going up...

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197)

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198) Map of the monkey park

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199) Guidelines...

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200) not there yet...

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201) ...still going up...

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202) Woah...

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203) Finally reached the top. Here is an enclosure, where there's toilet and a little stall selling souvenirs and monkey food for you to feed the monkeys.

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206) Feeding

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208) Nice view of Kyoto suburbs from the monkey park

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221) Kyoto Tower

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224) Ramen lunch at Kyoto station, before boarding train towards Kobe.

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225) Finally arrived at Kobe. Before entering the capsule hotel, I had to remove my shoes and place them in shoe lockers like these...

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226) Milk vending machine at capsule hotel lobby

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227) Toiletries

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228) Capsule hotel lobby

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229) Female sector. Lockers for our luggage/bags, and dressing table with amenities

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230) The regular capsule bunks, costs around 3800yen per night.

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231) Sector for the Deluxe capsule, which is what I booked for myself. Doors are not lockable though. So unless your luggage bag can fit the slim locker for the bags, otherwise you have to put it in your room with unlockable doors. Not an issue for me though, since I left my large luggage bag at my Osaka hotel since I will be heading back that same hotel the following night.

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232) My Deluxe capsule room, which comes with the capsule itself + a desktop computer (with internet) for my own use. Costs 4100yen a night.

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233) Pyjamas + towels + toothbrush and toothpaste are provided.

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234) My capsule bed.

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235) The black screen at the top is a TV

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236) The control panel.

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237) A cheap place for lunch/dinner that's located opposite JR Sannomiya station in Kobe.

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238) I love the Katsu Don there. Only 390yen.

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