Japan Itinerary Flashcards
Sept 29, 2024
First day of travel for Japan trip 2024
Aneda airport Tokyo
Conrad hotel
Conrad breakfast delicious
Close to Nippon TV station
Tae tour guide
East gardens of imperial palace (meije)
Art aquarium museum (Tokyo)
Sensoji Akasuka Temple near Harajuku area with shopping
Building roof garden
Shibuya crossing
Baysocks vs toyo carps (yakohama stadium)
Team labs emersive experience
Stumbled on outdoor camping eating area called rainbow farm / watched little league soccer.
Gonpachi nishi-azabu for dinner (movie kill bill) (also near Shibuya crossing).
Tour of skytree tower with Tae.
Akasuka Sensoji Temple (market in front called nakamise Street). Famous for oversized lantern.
Looked at pole stickers with kids
Ate delicious chicken ramen
Went to hobby district
bought manga for Hencel
Amy and ruby shopped at ginza street
Bruce and Jordan swam and did the sauna.
Jordan and Bruce took skywalk and met Amy and ruby for dinner.
Book store while waited for dinner (tautaya books ginza)
Ate sushi (medium experience)
Took shinkansen to Matsumoto.
Arrived at Matsumoto (1.5hrs) met peter our guide.
Stayed at Matsumoto jujo with public and private onsen.
Nakamachi: Nakamachi-dori is a small portion of Matsumoto’s town center with streets lined by nicely preserved
old buildings.
Yayoi Kusama is from Matsumoto.
Ate lunch on frog Street -nakamac (Street cafe owned by Chinese women) delicious. Also know as Kaeru street means frog and to return (like after Temple).
Toured Matsumoto castle
Dinner at hotel…too fancy for kids
Shinto religion vs. Buddhist
Kamikochi is in Nagano prefecture. Also know as Japan alps.
Kappabashi (kappa bridge)
Manjal for dinner
Mountain biking with Aki at Madarao Kogen
Went to kiso valley
town of narai-juku (town of a thousand houses). Real name yabuhara. NRai-juku is part of nakose so trail.
Hiked up to torii pass
O-jiizo Buddhist half-god (statues)
Are street good lunch in court yard…rice sweet balls most memorable.
Bought clothes and looked at art of local artist: Atelier miyuki (atelier_miyuki39 insta) atelier.miyuki@gmail.com
On way to Kyoto
Took bullet train to tsruga met on platform by Rich.
Took thunderbird train to Kyoto.
Toured with guide
golden pavilion
Bamboo forest
Otagi Nenbutsu-ji (rakan statues depicting disciples of Buddha)
Stayed at Kanra Tokyo
At night Shopped at shops base of Tokyo Tower. Ate at conveyor belt sushi
Jordan loved butter corn.
Day 2 Kyoto
Philosophers path. Nothing special. Maybe better for cherry blossom.
Walked over to Kyoto University
For dinner Ate at Pontocho (district name) Fujita (rice patty). Meal was experiential
but kids did not love.
Sang karaoke in Pontocho district.
Did Fushimi inari shrine hike. That was awesome. Vermilion tori gates. 1.5 to 2 hrs hike. Not crowded.
Ate dumpling lunch at bottom of Tokyo Tower. Yum!
Did karaoke for across street. Much funner time.
Went shopping in Daimaru District
Jordan and I stumbled on to Nishiki Market
Dinner in same area: Another C with chef Dan. Great dinner even for kids.
Next day: Shikansen to Hakone
Take the Hakone Ropeway from Sounzan to Owakudani
Owakudani is the area around a crater created during the last eruption of Mount Hakone.
Ate black egg boiled in natural hot sulphur spring water and black carbon ice cream. Ingestion of Eggs said to prolong life by 7 years.
Saw clouded mount Fuji.
Checked into hotel. Stayed at Gora (name of town) Kadan (human faced bovine-matter).
Wow!!! Traditional and amazing.
Private onsen before dinner.
Ate dinner at hotel. All dressed in kimonos.