Japan 2017

april 2017

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- 10 apr. 2017 13:34
- ☁️ 6 °C
- Höjd över havet: 243 m
- Förenta staterna Minnesota Dakota County Mendota Snelling Lake 44.88518, -93.2128144°53’7” N 93°12’46” W
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10 april 2017, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
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- 10 apr. 2017 15:19
- ☁️ 5 °C
- Höjd över havet: 253 m
- Förenta staterna Minnesota Dakota County Mendota Snelling Lake 44.88542, -93.2121844°53’8” N 93°12’44” W
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10 april 2017, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
The weather in Chicago is so bad - they've ordered a "wheels down" for entire ORD airport. On the plane....Stuck till the foreseeable future. Not a great start to our trip. Already an hour and a half delayed.Läs mer
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- 10 apr. 2017 17:46
- 🌧 15 °C
- Höjd över havet: 193 m
- Förenta staterna Illinois Cook County Rosemont Chicago O'Hare International Airport 41.97713, -87.9116241°58’38” N 87°54’42” W
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10 april 2017, Förenta staterna ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
Running to our next gate!!! Cool walkway!!
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- 11 apr. 2017
- 🌧 7 °C
- Höjd över havet: 22 m
- Japan Tokyo Prefecture Minato-ku Kōnan Shinagawa Eki 35.6279, 139.7367535°37’40” N 139°44’12” E
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Tokyo
11 april 2017, Japan ⋅ 🌧 7 °C
After over 20 hours of travel, we are finally here!! Quick stop in Shinagawa before Disney tomorrow. Already had some yummy food and experienced the busy streets of Tokyo at 11pm. Will be super jet-lagged for a few days but excited we're finally here!! Good night 😴Läs mer
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- 12 apr. 2017 07:00
- ☀️ 12 °C
- Höjd över havet: 14 m
- Japan Tokyo Prefecture Shinagawa-ku Minamishinagawa 35.61129, 139.7333235°36’41” N 139°43’60” E
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Day 1: Shinagawa
12 april 2017, Japan ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Started the day with some buffet breakfast at Shinagawa Prince Hotel. Had a variety of food: udon, katsu sliders, nimono, baked salmon.

First rides on the rail system - it was crazy! A lot of commuters for work/school. We felt slow and inexperienced with a bunch of luggage and a toddler - And even with all stations written in English, I don't think we would have made it efficiently without my mom. Maisie loved the handles on the ceiling of the trains.

Saw some pretty cherry blossoms on the way to Disneyland- as well as cool structures and buildings that apparently have been built on man-made land on the ocean. Even Disneyland is on a "concrete island"Läs mer
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- 12 apr. 2017 23:22
- ⛅ 10 °C
- Höjd över havet: 13 m
- Japan Chiba-ken Maihama Tokyo Disney Land Eki 35.63645, 139.8790135°38’11” N 139°52’44” E
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Day 1: Tokyo Disneyland
12 april 2017, Japan ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
We're here!!!

We were able to spend most of the day at Disneyland- since we were staying at the Disney Resort, it was really easy to go in and out for naps, etc. Our first ride was "Jungle Cruise" and went on many others including: Peter Pan, Haunted Mansion, Buzz Light-year Astro Blast, Stitch Encounters.

For some reason, I was surprised to see that most of the rides were very similar to the ones in CA - with just some little Japanese flair!

Had some adorable "Mickey" foods- everything was shapped like that famous mouse! Pizza, pancake samdwich, chicken nuggets, hamburger. And speaking of food- I also bought a big souvenir container of Dumbo that can carry snacks, specifically popcorn!

Maisie had a couple meltdowns - needing naps or whatever - but a trip to Disney is not complete without a toddler meltdown! 😜 She enjoyed all the rides we went on, and mostly wasn't shy when people talked to her and came up to say hello.

All the decorative lights at night were awesome and got to see a bit of the Electrical Parade, and the light show they have on Cinderella's castle. We are planning on going to Disney Sea tomorrow- which seems like "California Adventure" - without the California part, they have some of the same rides.Läs mer
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- 12 apr. 2017 23:31
- ⛅ 10 °C
- Höjd över havet: 13 m
- Japan Chiba-ken Maihama Tokyo Disney Land Eki 35.63643, 139.8789935°38’11” N 139°52’44” E
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Day 1: Disneyland Hotel
12 april 2017, Japan ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
So lucky to stay at the resort this trip - my mom had a friend who is a manager here at the hotel and he HOOKED US UP!!

We were given discounted tickets, vouchers, a park-view room, and extra amenities! The hotel is super cute. Kind of a fancy Victorian look - they have little gardens around and the decor is adorable. Right across from the park entrance - like a 2min walk and a monorail to get is to Disney Sea.Läs mer
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- 13 apr. 2017 22:46
- 🌙 12 °C
- Höjd över havet: 48 m
- Japan Shizuoka Shizuoka-shi Takajōmachi Shizuoka-eki 34.9732, 138.3899734°58’24” N 138°23’24” E
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DAY 2: Disney Sea
13 april 2017, Japan ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
A jet-lagged toddler is the worst!! Up at 3am and then for the rest of the day at 5:30am. It was an early morning but we had an amazing breakfast buffet at the Disney Hotel - then off to Disney Sea - the "other" park next to Disneyland. Kind of like California Adventure, but without the California - the entire part is built on the ocean so the entire park landscape was themed around water. Really amazing architecture and scenery.

We only had a few hours to spend at the park but we were able to get on: Electric Railway, Aquatopia, rode the Genie on Caravan Carousel, Jasmine's flying carpet, Jumping Jellyfish, and Ariel's Playground.

Then we travelled down to Shizouka & Mishima, where my mom grew up. We go to ride the "shinkansen" which is like a bullet train and it goes REALLY FAST through all these different towns. We had an amazing dinner of local foods with my cousins and their families, and my grandma, uncle, and aunt. It was really nice and to be all in the same room was surreal.

Already so exhausted!!!! But ready to get going on all the "touristy site-seeing"Läs mer
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- 14 apr. 2017 12:00
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Höjd över havet: 15 m
- Japan Kyoto Prefecture Kyōto-shi Shijōdōri Kyōto Shiyakusho-mae-eki 35.01196, 135.771635°0’43” N 135°46’18” E
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Day 3: Fushimi Inari Shrine
14 april 2017, Japan ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Spent the day in Kyoto! The first tourist-y spot we've visited - a well known shrine with thousands of the torii gates lining the trails up their mountain. This particular shrine houses Gods that protect the agriculture and farming in Japan. Families and business have these gates put up on the hill to wish for good fortune or if they've had good fortunes, as a thank you.

We only went up about a 5th of the trail, but I think there were already over a thousand of them. Can't even imagine how many more there are up the rest of the trail. Really peaceful and beautiful greenery surrounding the grounds.

We also had a private tour guide for the day who was amazing - knew a lot of interesting and funny facts of the shrines and villages back when emperors lived in the area.Läs mer
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- 14 apr. 2017 13:00
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Höjd över havet: 110 m
- Japan Kyoto Prefecture Kyōto-shi Giommachi Kiyomizu-dera 34.99486, 135.7850534°59’41” N 135°47’6” E
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Day 3: Kiyomizu Dera
14 april 2017, Japan ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
This temple had AMAZING sakura (cherry blossoms) everywhere and there were a lot of tourists from all over - even people from other parts of Japan - dressed up in kimono and immersing themselves in the culture. Maisie decided to take a nap on this one lol

Very large grounds - the main part of the temple was way at the top of a hill and had a veranda looking over the entire area.

Fun facts: this temple's been there for over 1,200 years, and just once had to rebuild some parts due to a fire, but even that was 400 years ago. Also they don't use any nails for building the temple and the outside structure - they just "Lincoln log" it.

There was a little hill leading up to the temple, filled with shops and food vendors. It was a mad house. But we really enjoyed the view and ate some yummy snacks.Läs mer
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