What would you do?

[jay]

I'm faced next week with no specific plans in Japan, other than being in Nara on May 19-23 for the conference. If anyone reading this cared to offer advice, it would be appreciated. What would you do, if you were given an evening, then half-day in Tokyo? Followed by train travel (most direct bullet train, or an alternate routing) down to Nara, which is full of temples, history and tame deer?

Then at the end of the week in Nara, maybe an overnight somewhere in Kyoto before returning to Tokyo for another 24-hour stay there?

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Tokyo 3?

[purpletigron.livejournal.com]

purplecthulhu and I spent about 10 days in Kyoto, at the International Astronomical Union congress there in ... 1997? We very much enjoyed exploring Nara, even the long walk in the hills where we became a bit lost: the huge dish of udon soup noodles at the little family restaurant that we stumbled into on our way down was one of the most delicious meals we have ever eaten. There is much to see in Kyoto too. But we didn't make it to Tokyo!

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm planning to take a walk in those hills (weather and evil deer permitting ;).