rod kar 賈思信 » kansai http://www.rodkar.com hong kong, china Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:19:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 leaving osaka in less than an hour http://www.rodkar.com/2009/04/15/leaving-osaka-in-less-than-an-hour/ http://www.rodkar.com/2009/04/15/leaving-osaka-in-less-than-an-hour/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:26:51 +0000 admin http://blog.rodkar.com/?p=207 [...]]]> waiting at the lounge for boarding in kansai international airport now. boarding time is 17:45 local time. i got lucky with an upgrade to business class just like when i came.

leaving osaka in less than an hour

i was too tired at the end of each day to write anything. but i did manage to wrap up each day with a quick review and select of the photos taken each day. i have uploaded them to flickr. they are:

trip to kansai, april 2009 (day 1)second visit to miho museum, 9th april, 2009himeji castle from different angles, 10th april, 2009visit himeji castle with dad, 10th april, 2009

people in himeji castle, 10th april, 2009visit mount shosha with dad on 10th april, 2009visit daigoji temple with dad on 13th april, 2009visit byodoin with dad on 13th april, 2009sagano romantic train ride with dad on 9th april, 2009visit kiyomizu dera at night with dad on 11th april, 2009a walk in osakajokoen with dad on 11th april, 2009a short trip to koyasan with dad on 14th april, 2009

when i return, i hope i can refine my selection and attach more meaningful tags to them.

i have also shot quite a bit of video footage. it will be fun to create a 90 seconds video that summarize the trip.

]]> http://www.rodkar.com/2009/04/15/leaving-osaka-in-less-than-an-hour/feed/ 0 less than 24 hours to the next kansai trip http://www.rodkar.com/2009/04/07/less-than-24-hours-to-the-next-kansai-trip/ http://www.rodkar.com/2009/04/07/less-than-24-hours-to-the-next-kansai-trip/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:29:32 +0000 admin http://blog.rodkar.com/?p=194 [...]]]> in less than 24 hours, my dad and i will be on our way to osaka. yes, i know it has been many weeks, if not months, since i last wrote. of course, i have good reasons. i moved into a new apartment on 1st april (it is not a joke) and, for the first time in 2 years, i got super busy with work. so i am actually in very high spirits now and looking forward to the new challenges of new projects at work and living on my own for the the first time in my life when i return in 8 days.

meantime, i am still busy with unpacking. my living room (which also doubles as my study) is filled with opened boxes. not to mention the unopened boxes in the kitchen. and i haven’t started packing yet for the trip! because of the works and the moving, i also haven’t had time to plan for the trip either. lucky in a way, because i am traveling with my dad, i won’t get into adventurous mode for this trip. so i will be visiting places that i have already visited probably a few times. because my dad won’t have the patience to wait for me to getting around. so today is all about unpacking and packing. hopefully, i find time in between to take a quick look at my photos of my last two trips and organize them into attractions for storing on my iphone. in that case, i can let my dad to choose which places he would like to go visit. i have a hunch i will be updating this blog quite a few times in the next 12 hours or so.

i went to kansai end of april last year and just missed the cherry blossom season at its full blown. i did manage to catch a glimpse of what it is all about when i visited miho museum. i was completely taken away by the beauty of miho’s architecture and the tranquility of its surroundings. i spent at least half an hour to walk the 10-minute walk from the entrance to the museum which was covered with cherry blossoms. miho is definitely on the itinerary this time.

yozakura except for miho, i didn’t get to see any cherry blossoms. so i bought a blu-ray on cherry blossoms as consolation when i saw it on display in a shop in kyoto. i have kept the disc playing since early this morning so i can jog down the places worth seeing and match them against the cherry blossoms forecast website. the disc also serves great as background music while i pack.


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