2003-11 Japan

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

Tokyo Imperial Palace and Surrounding Parks
-Lunch @ eatery under Tokyo Station tracks (石燒)
-Tokyo Pokemon Center
-Akihabara
-Dinner (Sushi at Akihabara Station)

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

-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)

-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

-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

-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

-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

-Koya San (高野山)
-Lunch (gamo tofu - sesame beancurd)
-Okuno-in (奧の院)- good momiji sight
Jin Tang (金堂)
-Dinner (Steamboat)

-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

-Shopping @ Semba Buidings (subway Sakaisuji Hommachi)
-Osaka Tempozan harbor village
-Kaiyukan - Osaka aquiarium

-Himeji-jo (姬路城)
-Koko-en (好古園)
-Dinner @ Shinsai-bashi, Osaka

-Nara National Museum - Shoso-in Treasures of Todaiji (奈良)
-Todaiji (東大寺)
- Daibutsu, Nigatsu-do
-Kohfukuji Temple (興福寺)

-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 raw egg
-Kobe Ropeway to Herb Garden
-Dinner @ Tada (多田) in Kobe - Teppanyaki, mix veg, kobe beef, yakisoba

-Kurama Onsen (鞍馬)
-Late lunch at Kibune (貴船) river-side dining (怀石)