Ito, Japan Travel Blogs

The pilgrimage to Mt. Koya

A travel blog entry by grizzly

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... destination for followers of Shingon Buddhism, and it is connected to the outside world by a network of pilgrimage trails. http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e4900.html http://www.tb-kumano.jp/en/kumano-kodo/index.html From the Koyasan station there are two ...

Ryokan ruxury...

A travel blog entry by richardandfiona

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... on the trip so far. It was one of the most restful places I have ever stayed and the service we received was fantastic. If anyone is planning a trip to Japan I cannot recommend highly enough staying at a ryokan and experiencing proper Japanese ...

Gloria moments and final thoughts on Japan

A travel blog entry by jjwong

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... . The stone walls are often overlooked but is a thing of beauty. - Gloria had quite a few entertaining train 'moments' in Japan. They include getting slapped on the knee by a Japanese man after she kicked him when fallen asleep and swinging her massive ...

Visit to Ito-shi, to relax in their hotspring tubs

A travel blog entry by svavar

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... weather that day, the sun almost shining and the wind had calmed. What I learned: * When eating noodle soup in Japan, you should slurp as anything else would be considered rude * The 'thing' they put on the floor in traditional ...

Fiesta en el Jardin

A travel blog entry by little-general

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Friday and Saturday was spent preparing for the party however the rare spectacular weather prompted a quick trip up Mt Omuro to see the views (up a chairlift and all). Mt Fuji even poked its head out to say hi but the weather started to change and we ...

Living the good life in Izu

A travel blog entry by markmac

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... as a part time worker, after he had lost his job--he was a banker and the local bank had folded. It was a reminder of Japan's persistant economic woes. Here was yet another alive and active older man who basically had no job, and not much to do but a ...

Fun in the sun

A travel blog entry by stubblefield

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Sunday We got up and it was overcast, but we were determined to head to the beach so out the door we go. We were excited to see it was only about 20 miles away. We should have known it would take us forever to get there. It was about and 1 � ...

Flight from the Concrete Jungle

A travel blog entry by maggiemcclain

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... felt like I could breathe. The stress of living in a crowded city in a place where I can barely communicate melted away. I was in Japan. We were a bit pressed for time, so we had to take a taxi to catch our train back to Tokyo. I stopped ...

Onsen

A travel blog entry by new_discoveries

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... a one-night stay in a ryokan (japanase motels) by the coast of Pacific. Its Ito, in Shizouka perfecture. Ito is small resort town by the east coast of Japan, with natural onsens. It is a 2 hours ride from Tokyo on Odoriku Limited Express to our stop in ...

Day Miyanishi-san's Family

A travel blog entry by erickvita

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... pleased for being asked and a day at the beach was just right! I was picked up by him, his daughter and her cousin and we went to Ito in the east side of the Izu peninsula. We went to a rocky beach to be able to dive and search for mussels. The sea was a ...

We love the beach!

A travel blog entry by stubblefield

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Wednesday We asked the girls where they wanted to go today and the both chimed in "The beach!". It is very cool now to hear S give her opinion about what she wants to do, of course sometimes it after some coaching from her big sister but nonetheless ...

Cute Shimo-Kitazawa

A travel blog entry by jenfifi

This morning we headed out to explore Shimo-Kitazawa- a new neighborhood near Tokyo which came highly recommended by some classmates. We LOVED this place- there are endless little shops with everything from teacups to hippie clothing and lots of fun ...

soaking in an onsen in Ito, plus tokyo cont'd

A travel blog entry by sabrina_berkamp

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... bit about my first couple of days in Tokyo, this time a bit more about Tokyo, and something about Ito and Mt. Fuji. When I first got to Japan, I already heard that an onsen (bathhouse) is something typically Japanese and everyone should try it ...

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