Sakura Ryokan

We left Seoul and flew to Tokyo with Tara.  We stayed in a Ryokan in the Asakusa district which was replete with lots of restaurants.  Tara, after living in Seoul for months, found the Tokyo subway easy to negotiate and guided her parents ...

... theatre to watch a Kabuki - interesting.  After this we visited the Tokyo tower up to the first level at 150metres, very busy with loads of people.  Back to the Ryokan via the 7-11 for dinner.  In the evening we tried out the Japanese bath. ...

... Stepping out the subway station, the view in front of me was breathtaking! Everywhere were cherry trees (sakura)!! Below is a picture taken at the garden. Within 7 minutes walk, we arrived at another beautiful ...

... , got an awesome room with tatami mats and overlooking a lit up cherry blossom tree in the backyard--I can't seem to escape the sakura in this trip. Watched some TV, which seems to have lots of nonsensical variety shows. Some are educational, I guess, ...

... from Osaka in the south back to Tokyo in the north and check into our final accommodation for Japan, Asakusa Ryokan Touraison - a great little hostel set up like traditional Japanese lodgings, complete with tatami mats. We spent our final days ...

... ;So I took a picture of some of the carved faces in the cliff and limped back, while grinding teeth.  I'm staying at a ryokan today, which was quite nice on the river in the midst of all the action. Dinner was maybe less impressive than in Tsuwano, ...

... up. we made it to bed by 1 being kicked out of the center now so i have to go. Finding a cell phone, ryokan and sakura by Jenna: Hey, everyone! We are all in Sapporo right now, including my sister. After my flight we got into Tokyo ...

... a few very famous temples showing lots of Sakura (at least the posters looked good...) Hiroshima showed only a little more sakura. Nagasaki showed a bit more. Fukuoka only slightly more... Back to Kyoto where almost a week later there MUST be ...

... the gist shops, and we found an incredible ice cream shop which sold flavours like green tea, black sesame, hokkaido melon, chestnut, sakura cherry, etc etc, but then even sweet potato, corn and... miso!! Wow. I had purple potato, which was luvverly. The ...

... promets, ça viendra !!           L'hôtel est un mastodonte de couleur rose. On est loin du ryokan traditionnel, mais bon, le cadre est verdoyant et, si l'on veut goûter au bain de sable, c'est ici qu'il faut être. Vient ...

... we were verr wary about eating there, it turned out being one of the most fun places we ate at. I bought some Sparkling Sake and Sakura Liqueur at a store nearby to bring back home.     After lunch we walked to Todaji Temple to see Japan's ...

... that after 3 trips on bullet trains – but there you have it!! We had booked back into the same hotel – Prince Sakura Tower – so no messing about with directions.  Shopping in pm – had hoped to visit a Sumo wrestling "stable" ...