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 == Bernie's brain backup of April 2009 ==
 
-=== April 21th - x264 ===
+=== April 21th ====
+
+==== Great temples everywhere ====
+
+Yesterday was rainy, but it didn't stop us from biking around and visiting quite a lot of stuff:
+
+ * the [[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Kyoto/Ninnaji|Ninnaji temple]];
+ * the [[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Kyoto/Ryoanji|Ryoanji temple]], with its puzzling rock zen garden;
+ * the [[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Kyoto/Kinkakuji|Kinkakuji temple]] (aka golden temple);
+ * the [[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Kyoto/NijojoCastle|Nijojo castle]], which is actually two castles for the price of one;
+ * a quick tour of the [[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Kyoto/KyotoDowntown|Kyoto downtown]]
+ * the [[http://www.kyotomm.com/international/english/|International Manga Museum]] was closed already.  Grrr....
+
+{{Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Kyoto/Kinkakuji/00012.jpg|the golden temple of Kinkakuji|maxwidth=800}}
+
+==== x264 goodness ====
 
 I re-encoded all videos from MJPEG, the crappy native format of my Canon camera, to x264 (aka MPEG4).
 Firefox 3.1/3.5 still doesn't grok it with the ##video## tag, but I didn't have a
 [[http://theora.org/|Theora]] encoder installed.
 
-=== April 20th - Shinkansen tour ===
+=== April 20th ===
+
+==== Best hostel ever ====
+
+The [[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Kyoto/UtanoHostel|Utano hostel]] in Kyoto would rival many
+five star hotels I've seen.  Sorry I couldn't take any photos in the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onsen | Onsen]].
+
+Also have a look at the impressive [[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Kyoto/ShinKyoto|Kyoto station]].
+
+{{Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Kyoto/UtanoHostel/00005.jpg|the hostel provides a traditional goan too|maxwidth=800}}
+
+==== Shinkansen tour ====
 
 In a jounery report, the details of transportation are usually left out as uninteresting.
 Except if one takes the fastest train in the world!  We took the
@@ -18,15 +44,15 @@ riding on a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/700_Series_Shinkansen|700-series]] tr
 The ticket cost a whopping 11240 yen per person, and I'm not even getting a
 [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Express_999|machine body]] with it! ;-)
 
-{{Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Shinkansen/00006.jpg|Shinkansen|maxwidth=800}}
-
 See [[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Shinkansen|the the photos]] and don't miss the
-[[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Shinkansen/00009-x264.avi|passing-by]] and the
+[[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Shinkansen/00009-x264.avi|pass-through]] and the
 [[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Shinkansen/00011-x264.avi|on-board]] videos.
 
+{{Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Shinkansen/00006.jpg|Shinkansen|maxwidth=800}}
+
 === April 19th - Hakone day 2 ===
 
-{{Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Hakone2/FujiSanBernieSan.jpg|The Fuji-san (left) with Bernie-san (right)|maxwidth=1024}}
+{{Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Hakone/FujiSanBernieSan.jpg|The Fuji-san (left) with Bernie-san (right)|maxwidth=1024}}
 
 We took the suggested touristic itinerary around the Hakone mountains which employs all sorts
 of transportation means: bus, cable train, rope way, cruise boat and bus again.
@@ -36,11 +62,11 @@ view of the Fuji-san, the ancient cedar avenue, the old post, the detached palac
 beautiful [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinto_shrine|shinto jinja shrine]] of with its
 [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torii|torii]] diving in the lake.
 
-Of course, I took plenty of [[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Hakone2|photos of the Hakone trip]].
+Of course, I took plenty of [[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Hakone/Trip|photos of the Hakone trip]].
 
 === April 18th - Hakone ===
 
-{{Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Hakone/00008.jpg|Our japanese style room at the Senkyoro YH|maxwidth=1024}}
+{{Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Hakone/Hostel/00008.jpg|Our japanese style room at the Senkyoro YH|maxwidth=1024}}
 
 We arrived in a small town near [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakone,_Kanagawa|Hakone]].  I'll publish photos later.