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Sayonara Japan!
... on to the area of Asakusa.
Asakusa is the tourist haven of Tokyo. There are lines of shops selling every known souveneir and snack. We enjoyed the river sights of the Tokyo skyline along with the new Skytree tower. We then got caught in the tourist area eating some softcream and eventually making it to their main temple. Here at the temple there's an opportunity to receive fortunes that are written in both Japanese ...
Happy to be in Japan
... some home cook meals. We enjoyed the relaxing time and took advantage to unwind from our previous 3 and a half months of travel.
This was a brief stop in Hanyu and we only spent a few days here, but we will be back again at the end of our stay in Japan. Next up will be a short 3.5 hour Shinkansen (Bullet Train) to Misawa in Aomori Prefecture to visit my Grandma, Aunties, Uncles, and cousins. See ...
Shop 'till you drop!
Today is the fourth day in Tokyo. I am really excited for today because we are going to Harajuku. This place is special for it's unique fashion sense and shopping. Lots of Jpanese teenagers and children dress in bright colourful ways, and today we are going to see all of this and a lot of shops.
To get to Harajuku we took the 'Bullet Train' it was the first time any of us had caught it and also the first time we had caught it during this whole ...
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 ...
The Belly Button Festival
Your Hezo and You
Japan has a festival for just about everything and I do mean everything from naked festivals, to carried shrines races to hezos! To be a successful matsuri or festival, you need a gimmick. You need something to set you apart and make you special, special enough people come to see you.
Shibukawa is a city about 35 minutes of combined trains from my home. It is the middle ...