Română/日本語 To keep my promise, here I am with the second-day adventures in search of beautiful autumn, in Kyoto! The second day’s route was the following: Day 2-Rurikoin-Tofukuji-Fushimi Inari Taisha-Kiyomizu-Dera About Rurikoin there is no information in tourist guides and it is not listed as a must-see attraction of Kyoto, but it is a highly…
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Română/日本語 I really wished to visit the Old Imperial capital, Kyoto, during autumn. Kyoto is definitely a wonderful city, with 17 UNESCO monuments and it deserves to be visited in every season, but during autumn and spring, it gets even more beautiful. Admiring the autumn leaves 紅葉狩り (momijigari) is a popular activity for Japanese people,…
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Română/日本語 My first trip outside Tokyo was in Chichibu, Saitama prefecture. To be honest, I haven’t heard of Chichibu before that. But located close to Tokyo (approximately 2 hours by train), surrounded by gorgeous mountains, it’s a popular destination among Japanese people. There is something to do in each season in Chichibu, autumn-admiring the fall…
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Română/日本語 After Tokyo Tower, the next place I visited in Tokyo was Asakusa, and I was so impressed by it that it remained my favorite place in Tokyo. Stories and movies about geishas were one of my first encounters with Japanese culture, so that atmosphere of a traditional Japan that Asakusa, the oldest geisha district…
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Română/日本語 There are hundreds of festivals in Japan, each Shinto shrine holding its own festival once a year. Major ones usually take place in summer, but I was lucky to attend a Japanese festival for the first time in September when I arrived in Japan. It was a small festival and I got there by…
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Română/日本語 On the way to the dormitory, from Narita airport My first week in Japan is about to finish and so many things happened in just a week that I don’t even know where to start from. My first days here were quite rainy due to Etau storm, with typhoon influences. This storm caused huge…
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Română/日本語 I visited Peles Castle again, after a few years, and I can say that it remains my favorite castle in Romania. My impressions changed compared to those at 6-7 years when I first visited the castle that made me feel like “a little princess”. But I was happy to be there again, to breathe…
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Română/日本語 Following the previous post, I want to stay in theme and think about autumn again through this photo series. I realized the photos selected here throughout a few years, wanting to highlight the delicacy, variety, the amazing colors autumn leaves have. As Albert Camus once said: ”Autumn is like a second spring when every…
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Română/日本語 The light rain from last days brought with it a feeling of autumn. In a way, I am a bit nostalgic because another summer passed by, but at the same time, I am happy that my favorite season is coming soon. Except the fact that I was born in this season, I love autumn…
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