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Summer Vacation 2014: Takeno Beach, Kyoto's Arashiyama, and Mt. Shosha

Here's some more of the highlights from my summer vacation for 2014! Takeno Beach It takes about 3 hours by -four- trains to get to Takeno from Himeji, and then another 15-20 minute walk to arrive to the beach itself. Takeno Beach is considered among the 100 top most beautiful beaches in Japan; at the very least, it's the most beautiful beach I've ever been to, even two days after a typhoon had passed by. The surf was too strong that day for safe swimming, due to the full moon, but it was still a lovely beach! I'll let the photos speak for themselves. I'm definitely going to do my best to come back to Takeno before I leave Japan next summer. It'd be worth staying overnight in a hotel, and perhaps visit the nearby Kinosaki Onsen. Spending just a day was not enough time for this amazing beach! Arashiyama in Kyoto Our original plans in Kyoto was to take the scenic train up Arashiyama , and then raft down the Hozu River.  How