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Travel Blogs from Sano
Sayonara Japan!
... synchronized in their cheers that they move their hands together as a group, which is pretty impressive. See the video I took of their cheer. I have no idea what they are saying, but I guess professing their love of the team. In the end, the Tokyo Giants won the game and we all had a blast. It was a long day and everyone passed out on the train back to Saitama.
Our short trip to Saitama was wonderful and was the end ...
Happy to be in Japan
... and cousins all my life and knew the area somewhat well. It's been 5 years since visiting Japan and it felt great to be amongst family and introducing Kristen to all of them.
Hanyu is a very small town in the Saitama Prefecture located about 1.5 hours northwest from Tokyo. My Aunty and Uncle's house is surrounded by rice and wheat fields, which has a country and peaceful atmosphere far ...
Bandai Museum
... is the world's 3rd largest toy producer. They first put up their museum in Matsudo, Chiba on July 19, 2003, then closed on August 31, 2006. Eight months later on April 28, 2007, they reopened the museum but now in a place called Omochano-machi in Mibu, Tochigi. Bandai Museum really fits that place as Omochano-machi literally ...
Little Edo
Today was predicted to be the first almost entirely clear weather free day of my trip, so I decided to go to Kawagoe. Stepping out of Kawagoe train station (the town actually had three stations), it looked just like every other over-developed Tokyo suburb. However, about a fifteen minute walk north of the train station, Kawagoe had a small cluster of buildings that had survived since the Edo period.
If you've read my earlier blog entries, you'll no doubt remember that Tokyo ...
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Other places to stay in Sano
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CANDEO HOTELS Sano
2038-1 Koenacho, Sano | 3 star hotelfrom $80 -
Chisun Inn Sano-Fujioka IC
1344-1 Takahagicho, Sano | 3 star hotel -
Hotel Route-Inn Sanofujioka Inter
379-1 Takahagicho, Sano | 3 star hotelfrom $60
