So when we were finished at Edo Wonderland, we took a bus to Kinugawa Onsen Station. The station and surrounding onsen area looked really great. As an onsen area it gave off a really relaxing feeling. We had about an hour before we had to catch our train so we decided to [...]
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Blog 24 – Kinugawa Onsen Station
Posted in Japan on September 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Blog 23 – Nikko Edomura
Posted in Japan on September 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Interestingly, our tour group split up after visiting the shrine as the majority of the group went to Kegon waterfall. Although we contemplated going with that group since they were to travel up Irohazaka (INITIAL D!!) but we thought that going to this amusement park would be interesting. Only 3 other people actually [...]
Blog 22 – Toshigu Shrine
Posted in Japan on September 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
After a couple hours, we finally got to the Toshigu Shrine in Nikko. This shrine was dedicated to the first shogun of the Tokugawa era and famous for its carving of the “hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil” monkeys. We had a guided tour for the first hour and the [...]
Blog 21 – Nikko and Ninja
Posted in Japan on September 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
On our 7th day, we booked a tour with Sunrise again, this time it was for their Nikko and Ninja package. The trip consisted of a visit to the Toshigu Shrine, lunch and then a trip to the Nikko Edomura amusement park. Our day started really early in the morning, so we were [...]
Blog 20 – Takoyaki!!!
Posted in Japan on September 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
One thing that I craved for about a month before our trip was takoyaki. In Toronto (Markham) there was a takoyaki store at First Markham Mall, but that place closed down earlier this year. Ever since then I haven’t had takoyaki, so when we were walking around near Harajuku I had to get [...]
Blog 19 – Harajuku excursion
Posted in Japan on September 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
After a pretty lengthly walk from Shinjuku, we finally found our way over to Harajuku. While we read on the internet about how busy Harajuku was, it was still pretty suprising how so many people could fit down one narrow lane. I kept thinking to myself that if just one person fell, it [...]
Blog 18 – Lost in Shinjuku
Posted in Japan on September 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
So rather than using the transit system to get to Harajuku, we decided to walk there after a quick snack in Shinjuku. If you ever have the chance, go to this cafe! They make a really good cafe mocha (much better than Starbucks) It was a good thing we ordered a large, the [...]
Blog 17 – breakfast = sundae
Posted in Japan on September 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
After a pretty exhausting day at Mt. Fuji we decided to take it slow on our 6th day, which meant, shopping. To kick off our shopping filled day around Shinjuku, Harajuku and Shibuya, we decided that a nutritious breakfast was in order, ice cream sundaes! We went to the First Kitchen that was [...]
Blog 16 – Cost of fruit
Posted in Japan on September 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I have to say, this was the most expensive apple that I ever purchased in my entire life, 250Yen. The price of fruit in Japan was a big shock considering we are use to paying about $2.50 for a bag full of apples. Granted, it was probably the largest, perfect tasting apple I [...]
Blog 15 – Shinkansen
Posted in Japan on September 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We actually had two options for how we wanted to return from Hakone, either by bus or shinkansen. Luckily we decided to take the shinkansen because it gave me the opportunity to snap few pictures of the train zipping by. Being on a shinkansen was an experience that I was really looking forward [...]
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