10 hour fight to Narita
31. März–1. Apr. in Japan ⋅ 🌬 21 °C
Easy, comfortable flight got is to Tokyo, Narita airport at 9pm the next day. Booked a room near the airport to head to Osaka in the morning. No exciting meals yet.
Narita
1. April in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Narita to Osaka
1. April in Japan ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
Navigated the bullet train to Osaka. Picked up Bento boxes for the ride. Only a slight hitch. Luckily I stuck my foot in the door and halted the train. No harm no foul. Amazing fast and smooth.Weiterlesen
Osaka day 2
2. April in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Coffee at the coffee bar in our hotel. This is a cool hotel.
First stop Komura market. One food stall after another. We started with Toro, oysters and scallops. Great choice. The Toro was phenomenal.Weiterlesen
Osaka day 4
3. April in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Covered lots of ground today. Started around the neighborhood to see moss statues and the cement little people.
Another stop at Kumara market for another round of seafood. We'll be back.
Walked toWeiterlesen
Osaka Day 4
4. April in Japan ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
Osaka museum of housing and living. Very cool life size recreation of a neighborhood in Osaka in the 1830's. We'll done with lots of cool pictures, diaramas and full size exhibits. Sorry, no pictures.Weiterlesen
Osaka day 5
5. April in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Happy Easter! - 11am service at the Lifehouse international church. Young vibrant service and message.
Walked along Okowa river. Huge cherry blossom festival. So many people picnicking under theWeiterlesen
O aka day 6
6. April in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Visited a shrine with a luxury hotel built on top of it. Then back to Kuromon market for sushi and snacks. 2nd time eating the tuna rice ball which is super good. Sold at convenience stores andWeiterlesen
First day on the Komano Kodo
7. April in Japan ⋅ 🌙 9 °C
Left Osaka early and navigated 3 trains to Shimizu-ura where we started our pilgrimage. We left the crowds behind as we hiked beautiful landscapes of citrus groves, bamboo and pines. Some pretty steepWeiterlesen
KK day 2 Yuasa to Hidaka
8. April in Japan ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
Slept well and woke up to a delicious Bento Box breakfast. After hugging our host goodbye we were picked up by taxi and does of at our next starting point, Goose Oji Ruins.
Not a long walk but it wasWeiterlesen
K. K.- day 3 Takijiri to Takahara
9. April in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Said goodbye to our hosts. Driven to Gobo Station where we took a train to the start of our next leg in Takahara.
Starting to see many pilgrims as this is a traditional starting point.
Today was lessWeiterlesen
KK day 4 - we're wet dual pilgrims!!!
10. April in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Heavy rain forecasted all day so our plans changed. We still walked but a shorter route. We made it to 5 shrines, enough to qualify and obtain our dual pilgrim certificate.
Left our guest house afterWeiterlesen
Wrapping up the Komano Kodo
11. April in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Left our amazing hotel and took a bus to Shingo to visit the Hayatama Grand Shrine. Not a lot of kms but a lot of steep stairs. Then we took a train and a bus to get to Nachi to see yet another shrineWeiterlesen
Extra Day Kii Kitsuura
12. April in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Decided to stay an extra night in this sleepy fishing village. So glad we did. We did change hotels as the one we were in was booked. So lucky as today's hotel was a lot less expensive. Not asWeiterlesen
Kii Katsuura to Nara
13. April in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Got up early for our tuna auction tour. Kii Katsuura produces the largest catch of tuna in Japan. We saw them auction 1500 tuna, there were 2 auctions that day; yellow tail, blue fin, big eye,Weiterlesen
Nara - yes deer
14. April in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Got an early start for us. Planned on a day of walking/hiking the expansive Nara Park and Nara Machi, the craft center with traditional houses.
We expected a small town but Nara is huge and we onlyWeiterlesen
Nara to Kyoto
15. April in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Left Nara at noon. Trained it to Kyoto. We're getting good at trains. Arrived to rain but we were able to check into our hotel early. Our extra bag was waiting for us. The baggage delivery service isWeiterlesen
Kyoto day 2
16. April in Japan ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
Started the morning with a cooking class. Made 2 types of Ramen (miso & soy), gyoza and onigiri. Fun and yummy. Walked around the Gion district which is artsy and lively.
Mary had a sewing class, IWeiterlesen
Kyoto - Day 3
17. April in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Early morning 5hr. walking tour got us going and out of the house by 7:30. Met our guide and we were please to find out it was just us.
Packed with sights including; the Golden Palace, the BambooWeiterlesen
Kyoto -day4
18. April in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Slept in today. Took a bus to the Silver Pavilion and the Philosopher's Path. The Philosopher's Path is a 2km tranquil walk along a creek lined with trees and flowering plants. At the end we hiked upWeiterlesen
Kyoto - day 5, last day
19. April in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Out by 9 to catch the Romantic Train which goes up the Katsuura River. First stop was the largest model train layout in Japan. What a cool set up. So many things going on. Check out the accidentWeiterlesen
Kyoto to day 1 Tokyo - QUAKE!
20. April in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
After coffee by our little creek we caught the bullet train to Tokyo. Two hundred miles an hour! Our hopes of seeing Fuji were dashed. Either we slept through it or it was too cloudy.
Arrived inWeiterlesen
Tokyo day 2 - Breakfast at Tiffany's
21. April in Japan ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
Figured out Tokyo's subway and made our way to Ginzo district for brunch at Tiffany's Tokyo flagship store. Really nice experience and the food was very good too.
We then walked an hour to theWeiterlesen
Tokyo - day 3 SURPRISE!
22. April in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Well, last night, sometime after 12 we realized we had Disney tickets for today. We put the date in our Google calendar before we left but since japan is 16 hours ahead it changed our date a dayWeiterlesen
Tokyo - day 4, rain, rain, go....
23. April in Japan ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
Slept in and woke up to rain. Well we had a plan and we were going to stick to it. We did, and we got wet but things were a little less busy.
Went to the kitchenware street, which was so cool. ShopWeiterlesen






















































































































































































































































































































































































































































ReisenderActually, I got two of my convenience store bucket list items, an egg sando and a Tokyo banana (pastry with cream and a whole banana) both delish!
ReisenderWhat an exciting trip! Maybe you will hit cherry blossom season!
ReisenderThe end of our but they're everywhere