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Tokyo to Izu Oshima
We left Ryokan Eishinkan about 7.30. The owner gave us breakfast and coffee to take away.We were dropped off at Takeshiba Pier and managed to sort out tickets to Oshima. East Coast Mainline couldn't have cost more! To add insult to injury we then had to pay an 2000 yen extra for oversize luggage!
Aboard the hydrofoil, we headed the 120 km across Tokyo bay to the island of Oshima. Why were we going? Well, Mihari-yama, ...
Japan moto trip (Izu Skyline)
... in had a train station so I always aimed for that. Shimoda is a beautiful little place. Make sure you take the time to go for a walk. It’s so quiet. There are so few cars you can just walk down the middle of the road almost. I checked out Perry’s memorial, a US seaman who negotiated to start trading with the Japanese by landing in Shimoda a couple of centuries ago… including just traipsing along the shore checking out boats and people fishing.
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Soaking in an onsen in Ito, plus tokyo cont'd
... s moving castle. I needed to get the tickets almost a week in advance, because you need to reserve a specific day and time and everything sell out day in advance! There were pictures there from the movies, a short movies, small things from the movies and just a really cool place to wander around in. They even sold Ghibli museum beer in the museum cafe. And another Tokyo highlight of those couple of days was the Autumn festival: Torinoichi. It is a religous festival as far as ...
Shuzenji Onsen, Izu Peninsula
Shuzenji Onsen is about 2 1/2 hours from home in Fujisawa, Kanagawa by train and the last 10 minutes by bus. I expect it would be about an extra hour if coming from Tokyo.
http://www.onsenjapan.net/onsenreview.p hp?onsen=SHUZENJI
The quickest way is to take the Tokaido Line to Mishima then switch to the Izu Line to Shuzenji Station. From there you ...
Owl City Concert, 7 Waterfalls and a Sunset
... t take any pictures during the concert, although it would have been possible, I didn’t take my camera with me because usually you’re not allowed to take pictures or videos. But as many other things, Japan is different, or at least this concert was. I would have been able to take pictures and videos. If you have the chance to see them live, go! They totally rock! This was the opening (not my video): ...
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