Japan 2011
Sushi, Shrines and Shinkansen; 8 Days in Tokyo and Kyoto
In April 2011 we spent 8 days visiting Tokyo and Kyoto. We had an amazing trip filled with fantastic food (sushi! ramen! okonomiyaki! udon!), Harajuku girls, temples and shrines, Buddhas and bullet trains.
Japan Travel Resources and Links
Tips and Observations For A First Time Traveler To Japan
Did I Fly All The Way to Japan to Have My First Meal at Denny’s?
Half Day Tour of Tokyo-Can We Learn to Love the Bus and Follow the Leader?
Tokyo Restaurants; Hitsumabushi and Tsunahachi
Tokyo’s Harajuku Girls and Rockabilly Boys
A Tale of Two Breakfasts in Tokyo’s Tsukiji Fish Market
A Visit to Senso-ji Temple in Tokyo
Shinkansen Tokyo to Kyoto and Our First Okonimiyaki
Kyoto; Westin Miyako Hotel Review
Kyoto’s Nishiki Market and Daimaru Depachicka (Food Hall)
A Visit To Kyoto’s Nijo Castle
Nanzen-Ji Temple and Dinner at Asuka
Nara Japan; Sacred Deer, Todai-ji Temple and Lunch in a Bus Station
Tokyo’s Ramen Jiro, A Delicious Happy Accident
Tokyo’s Ameyoko Market and Yakitori with the Local Crew
Tokyo Dome, Last Minute Shopping, Food Hall Lunch
