Pre-travel:
First trip to Tokyo in 2009, only 4 days (what was I thinking?)
Second trip to Honshu in 2011 for 18 days (that's better)
Third trip to Hokkaido in 2012 for 7 days (that's alright I suppose)
Fourth trip to Kanto area (current trip) for 7 days (can't complain especially considering my holidays in 2014 :P)
And breakdown of travel days and links to accommodation.
Tokyo:
Day 1
- Accommodation in Asakusa and breakfast in Yayoi-ken
- Ghibli Museum and tea break at Straw Hat Cafe
- Dinner at a random izakaya in Shinjuku
Kawasaki/Tokyo:
Day 2
- Doraemon Museum
- Lunch at Doraemon Museum's cafe
- Ramen dinner at Mutekiya in Ikebukuro
Day 3
- Walking around in Asakusa and visiting Senso-ji
- Checking out Hayao Miyazaki's NI-TELE Really Big Clock in Shimbashi
- Lunch in Ginza and pretending to study in University of Tokyo
- Pre-dinner snacks and dinner in Harajuku, rushing to see the Really Big Clock again and finishing up in Akihabara
Hakone
Day 4
- Accommodation in Hakone
- Sightseeing in Hakone
Day 5
- Sightseeing in Hakone
- Lunch at Hakone-Yumato and departing to Nikko
Nikko
Day 6
- Accommodation in Nikko
- Superb meals in Tokanso
- Shoyo-en twice a day
- Paying respect to the founder of Tokugawa shogunate in Tosho-gu
- A tranquil walk in Kanmangafuchi
Nikko/Tokyo
Day 7
- The sacred bridge - Shinkyo and Futarasan
- Back to Tokyo (Ikebukuro)
Side note: Time for round 2 of lunch.. :P
4 comments
Thanks for making my life easier. This is what I'm looking forward for every travelogue. Hahaha...
ReplyDeleteCubie, I still owning your small gifts. Sorry for the late. Rushing for account lately. Once I post it out to you, I let you know. Sorry sorry
LOL - probably made my life easier too... i have got shocking tagging. :P
DeleteHey... not a worry at all! I'm not commenting for those gifts! ;)
You've been to more places in Japan than I have! Lovely summary of your trips. I look at photos of Tokyo / Japan and think, wow, beautiful. Then I think, oh, but I live here! DUH. ^^
ReplyDeleteNo I definitely have not...especially since the information I got for most of the places above were from your blog posts! ...and yes, you live in Tokyo! ^^
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