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Japan Trip 2011
I’m still doing some last minute packing since we’re leaving for the airport early in the morning tomorrow. Here’s a more detailed itinerary with the major places we want to hit each day:...
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Japan Trip 2011 – Day 1
I finally got around to processing the photos I took during my time in Japan. My plan is to have them organized and put into separate posts according to which day I took them on. So here goes! We...
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Japan Trip 2011 – Day 2
The second day had a light schedule in order to recover from jet lag. Our first stop was the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, which is around 50 minutes or so from Tokyo Station by train. You actually have to...
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Japan Trip 2011 – Day 3
I’ve been back from Japan for over a month now and I’m only on Day 3 out of 11. My goal is to speed these posts up before I forget things about the trip. Time constraints and all that, but here are my...
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Japan Trip 2011 – Day 4 (Shinyokohama Ramen Museum)
Day 4 of our trip had an ambitious plan involving a visit to the Shinyokohama Ramen Museum, Yokohama Chinatown, and Ikebukuro. Since I took a ton of photos, I’m splitting it up into multiple posts....
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Japan Trip 2011 – Day 4 (Yokohama Chinatown, Ikebukuro)
Continuing on from the previous Day 4 post, we took the train to Yokohama to visit the Chinatown there. Unfortunately, we somehow got lost and ended up walking an extra 30 minutes. The entrance to...
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Japan Trip 2011 – Day 5 (Kamakura: Hase-dera)
We left early in the morning on Day 5 to travel to Kamakura. The train car was quite empty. Upon arriving in Kamakura, we had our first experience of the small-town feel in Japan. The first...
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Japan Trip 2011 – Day 5 (The Great Buddha of Kamakura)
The Great Buddha of Kamakura was within walking distance of Hase-dera and was also our final stop in Kamakura. It wasn’t as large as I expected when I first saw it in person. You could pay a nominal...
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Japan Trip 2011 – Day 5 (Akihabara)
Our last stop of the day was Akihabara. Since we were leaving Tokyo to head down south to visit Hakone, Kyoto, and Osaka for the next few days, we decided to visit Akihabara again. This time I brought...
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Japan Trip 2011 – Day 6 (Hakone)
We took a train in the morning to Hakone, which isn’t too far away from the Tokyo area. Hakone is known for its numerous onsen inns. Since we had arrived early, we dropped off our luggage at the inn...
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