Blog Page: 2003-11 Japan
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| 24 Oct 2003 Singapore/Narita |
Changi Airport Terminal 1, Singapore -> Narita Airport, Tokyo |
| 25 Oct 2003 Tokyo |
Arrive Narita Airport, Airport
Limo Bus transfer to Shinjuku Asakusa,Tokyo (淺草) Asakusa-Jinja Check-In Shinjuku Washington Hotel Shinjuku (新宿) - Chuo Dori Ave Dinner @ Tempura Tsunahachi |
| 26 Oct 2003 Tokyo |
Tokyo Imperial Palace and
Surrounding Parks Lunch @ eatery under Tokyo Station tracks (石燒) Tokyo Pokemon Center Akihabara Dinner (Sushi at Akihabara Station) |
| 27 Oct 2003 Tokyo/Hakone |
Shinjuku Odakyu departmental
store, Sakuraya Camera
Shopping Odakyu Shinjuku Stn --Ltd Express-> Odawara Stn (小田原) --bus-> Senkyoro, Hakone (相根) Check-In Fuji Hakone Guest House Outdoor Onsen (sulpur) at Fuji Hakone Guest House |
| 28 Oct 2003 Hakone |
Indoor Onsen Gora Garden (強羅) Owakudani (大涌谷) Lunch @ 極樂茶屋 Lake Ashi HakoneMachi (相根町) Onsen Dinner (Supermarket dinner of assorted sashimi and instant noodles) |
| 29 Oct 2003 Hakone/ Kyoto |
Onsen Motohakone (元相根) Cedar Avenue (杉並木) Lunch @ Odawara Dept Store(chashyu wheat ramen) Hakone --bus-> Odawara --Shinkansen Hikari-> Kyoto Station View of Fuji San from Shinkansen Check-In Ryokan Shimizu, Kyoto (京之宿,京都) Kyoto Station Sky Garden |
| 30 Oct 2003 Kyoto |
Kiyomizu-dera (清水寺) Lunch at resturant along Sannen-zaka slope (Nishin soba - Grilled herring with buck wheat soba) Higashi Otani Mausoleum Murayama Garden Chion-in Temple (知恩院) Yasaka Shrine (八坂神社) Heian-Jingu (平安神宮) Geisha in Gion (祇園), Shirakawa River Dinner @ Sen Mon Ten (Gyoza) Kodai-ji (高台寺) Autumn night light up Ryokan Shimizu's indoor Onsen |
| 31 Oct 2003 Kyoto |
Sanjusangen-do (三十三間堂) Nijo-jo ( 二條城) Kyoto Station outside of Tezuka Musesum - Astro Boy Dinner @ Kyoto Station 11th Floor - Tonkatsu-wara Onsen |
| 1 Nov 2003 Kyoto/Osaka |
Pottery shops along Gojo Street JR Kyoto Stn -> JR Shin-Osaka Stn --subway-> Namba Stn --local train-> Nankai Koya Tezukayama, Osaka (大阪) Dinner @ Dotondori - Golden Dragon La Mian |
| 2 Nov 2003 Koya San |
Koya San (高野山) Lunch (gamo tofu - sesame beancurd) Okuno-in (奧の院)- good momiji sight Jin Tang (金堂) Dinner (Steamboat) |
| 3 Nov 2003 Arima, Kobe |
Arima, Kobe (有馬, 神戶) Jin-no-yu (金の湯) - Iron and salt based "golden" mineral water onsen Lunch (tempura - Arima speciality) CarbonicAcid water at Tansan-sengen CarbonicAcid biscuit |
| 4 Nov 2003 Osaka |
Shopping @ Semba Buidings
(subway Sakaisuji Hommachi) Osaka Tempozan harbor village Kaiyukan - Osaka aquiarium |
| 5 Nov 2003 Himeji |
Himeji-jo (姬路城) Koko-en (好古園) Dinner @ Shinsai-bashi, Osaka |
| 6 Nov 2003 Nara |
Nara National Museum - Shoso-in
Treasures of Todaiji (奈良) Todaiji (東大寺) - Daibutsu - Nigatsu-do Kohfukuji Temple (興福寺) |
| 7 Nov 2003 Osaka/Kobe |
Osaka/Kobe Shopping @ Matsuyamachi Stn (Osaka subway) (Japanese dolls, wholesale toys, plastic model kits) Shopping along 空堀街道, yummy yakitori Lunch @ T&A Curry House (katsu curry rice with egg, raw or hardboiled) near 空堀街道 Kobe Ropeway to Herb Garden Dinner @ Tada (多田) in Kobe - Teppanyaki, mix veg, kobe beef, yakisoba |
| 8 Nov 2003 Kurama/Kibune |
Kurama Onsen (鞍馬) Late lunch at Kibune (貴船) river-side dining (怀石) |
| 9 Nov 2003 Osaka/Singapore |
Kansai International Airport,
Osaka -> Changi Airport Terminal 1, Singapore |