Kyoto 1.del, Japonska

Po skoraj enem letu je čas spet za nekaj neobjavljenega materiala z Japonske. 🙂 Praktično edina stvar, ki me je skrbela med našim road tripom z avtodomom (kombijem) po Japonski je bila, kako bomo “zvozili” velika mesta. Tokyo je bil zaradi svoje veličine in množice ljudi na začetku prav strašljiv. A ko smo med vožnjo ugotovili, da se praktično po celi njegovi dolžini lahko voziš po avtocesti pod zemljo, so bile skrbi le še preteklost. Kyoto na drugi strani je bil napram Tokyu pravi palček. A tam naj bi bile glede na pripovedovanja ljudi glavni problem visoke cene parkirnin, zaradi katerih naj bi bila vožnja s privat vozilom prava nočna mora. A ob prihodu na tisti deževen dan smo hitro spoznali, da gre še za en napihnjen bav-bav. Ja, cene nekaterih parkirišč so res brutalne. A z nekaj planiranja in kakšnim dodatnim krogom vožnje, smo tiste 3 dni vedno parkirali skoraj za drobiž. Podnevi blizu glavnih atrakcij (vse na dosegu krajšega sprehoda), ponoči kakšen kilometer stran, mogoče ob parku, v bližini onsena… In kaj pametnega naj napišem o mestu Kyotu? Da je nekaj posebnega verjetno ve že skoraj vsak. Mesto čudovitih templjev, mesto odlične kulinarike, mesto polno energije. V našem primeru pa tudi mesto, kjer smo na potovanjih prvič izgubili avtomobilske ključe – zabavna stvar, ki upam, da je ne ponovimo več. 🙂 🙂

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After almost a year, it’s time again for some unpublished material from out road trip aroundJapan. 🙂 The only thing that worried me during our road trip by a campervan in Japan was how we would “handle” big cities. Tokyo was scary at first because of its size and its crowds. But when we found out that you can drive almost the entire length of the city on the highway under the city, everything was piece of cake. Kyoto on the other hand was if you compare it to Tokyo like a small dwarf. But according to some stories, it can be a nightmare to travel there by your own car. Its crowded and parking fees are super high. But when we arrived to Kyoto we realised that if you plan a little bit and explore the area, you can easily find a place to park for a bargain. So, during the day we always found the places close the the main attractions  and during the night it was easy to find a quite place, close to an Onsen. And what can I write about Kyoto? Almost everyone knows that its a special place. A city of beautiful temples, a place of great cuisine, a city full of energy. But in our case, it’s also a town, where we first lost our car keys on our travels – a fun thing that I hope we don’t repeat again. 🙂 🙂