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Trip start
January 20, 2023
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En route to Japan
January 20, 2023 in Japan ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Travel day to Japan! 😀 we landed in Tokyo and got sorted with our travel tickets. We dumped our stuff at our creepy hotel that looked like squid games and went out for dinner at a hot pot resturant. We played hide and seek at Shibuya crossing.Read more
TravelerWhat is with the squinty eye photo? 😆
1/27/23Reply
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Rugby
January 21, 2023 in Japan ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C
Today we went to the sky tree. We then wandered through all the cute shops and had a very yummy dumpling lunch. Then we went to watch the rugby in the freezing cold and I think our team won. We had a vending machine waiter for a lovely dinner of tempura and soba. We then went out to the golden gai, full of tiny bars. We had snake juice shots and strange drinks.Read more
TravelerLooks like you are having a lot of fun 🤩. Are you getting any sleep 😴 .
1/25/23Reply
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Tokyo to Hakuba
January 22, 2023 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Feeling a bit worse for wear we got up early to head to Hakuba. After a 7 11 breakfast, missing a few connections because we were moving a bit slow, experiencing the bullet train and buying too many bus tickets we made it. We got our skis and tickets to set ourselves up for an exciting week of skiing. Bed early tonight.Read more
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First ski
January 23, 2023 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ -1 °C
Today we had a wake up call for a very yummy brekky. We were then super excited for our first day skiing. I fluffed around in a lesson. We then had special yummy pork something. Then we spent the afternoon in the sun skiing until our legs fell off. Then to recover we went in the onsen in our kimonos where it was very hot. We had a very fancy dinner and drinks and spent all the monies.Read more
TravelerLove the kimonos!! 😍
1/24/23Reply
Traveler You little gad a bought enjoy Japan and keep sending the picks
1/24/23Reply
TravelerFancy dinner looks yummy. And beautiful skiing mountains. ⛷️🏂🏔❄️
1/25/23Reply
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Ski and steaks
January 24, 2023 in Japan ⋅ ❄️ -4 °C
Our day started early at about 2 30am where we were woken up with the sound of last night's $80 steak out to haunt those that had it. Today it started snowing and we skied until our legs and stomachs allowed.
It puked with snow harder than cal did last night. After a soak in the onsen we were excited to see the snow on the streets and went for a walk around the town to find dinner however the excitement did not last as it was very cold and windy. I nearly froze.Read more
TravelerOh my goodness! Did you partake in the Steak? I hope you doubled up on your thermals. Sounds cold. 🥶
1/25/23Reply
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Powder day
January 25, 2023 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ -11 °C
Today we caught the bus to iwatake but it was closed so we waited for the next bus to Tsugaike. It was a windy day and very cold at -11 (-18)🥶. We spent the whole day skiing the same runs through the trees and powder. I quickly learnt that although it is a very soft landing when you crash, it is very very difficult to get back up in deep powder. I also discovered hot chocolate in a can. After another onsen we went to get dinner at the food trucks and I had a long journey to swap my broken boots. We finished the night with some cards.Read more
TravelerLooks rather cold 🥶!
1/27/23Reply
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Echo land
January 26, 2023 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ -2 °C
Today we skied at Iwatake. There was a very nice long run from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the gondola. I attempted the double black runs and my legs did not like it. We cut the ski day a bit short as our legs were very tired. Once home we had an onsen for our sore legs and got ready to go out to Echo Land for dinner. We got our karen on and spoke with the manager re: steaks. We had a yummy dinner, hot sake and did some karaoke and futsal at a bar.Read more
TravelerDid the Karens 😠 get a free dinner????
1/27/23Reply
TravelerWhy did you go back to that restaurant??
1/27/23Reply
Travelerwe got compensation hehe
1/27/23Reply
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Snow monkeyss
January 27, 2023 in Japan ⋅ 🌫 -6 °C
Today we gave our sore legs a rest (except for jordy tahnee and tobin) and headed to the snow monkey park. We made our way via the sleepy bus. To get to the snow monkeys we walked for 40mins in the slippery snow through all the pretty trees. The snow monkeys were super cute and enjoying the hot springs. Emma and Luke smiled at one and it got a bit grumpy. On the way back we saw a man slip over 2x in 1 minute 😞. Starving, we headed to a resturant however we realised that the bus was in 20 mins or 2 hours so we got an apple pie and rushed for the bus. When we got home we were even more starving and smashed some noodles before dinner. We went to the Red lantern for a very yummy dinner where I accidentally ate alessias main meal and she ate mine because we had no idea what we were ordering.Read more
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Ski 100
January 28, 2023 in Japan ⋅ 🌫 -7 °C
Today we skied again at Happo one. My legs were still very sore and the visibility was bad. I still had fun skiing through some slushyish powder. We cut the day short to go listen to the hottest 100. We had a quick onsen with face masks. We then went to a apres bar with all the Aussies in the area to listen to the count down. There was ski shots, footballs dancing and snow balls. After this we went to another bar where there was live music and we made all the song requests. With all our dancing and singing I wondered why lots of people left the bar 🤔. Then a DJ came on and I went to but while others kicked on.Read more
TravelerLooks like you are having the best time! 🤩🤩🤩
1/29/23Reply
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Last ski Cortina
January 29, 2023 in Japan ⋅ ❄️ -6 °C
Today we went to Cortina for our last ski day. The resort was very fancy. Some of the more experienced skiiers went back country skiing while I braved the ungroomed runs through the thickest powder ever! Elbow deep. We skied until we could ski no more. We made olaf and Sven and had fun in the snow. We then went home and played some cards before dinner. We went to a really cool traditional BBQ resturant and got corn icecream 🌽. Once home we got ready to pack 😞.Read more
TravelerLove the corn 🌽 icecream! Sad 😪 to finish skiing 🏂⛷️
1/29/23Reply
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Hakuba - Hiroshima
January 30, 2023 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 0 °C
Our last morning wake up announcement "good morning, good morning, please come to the dining hall, breakfast is ready". We packed up and headed to the bus. Tobin forgot his pants and ran back to the hotel and back just in time. We then caught some shinkansen's to Hiroshima with a cute bento box. We had a very fancy hotel and I got my own room. We explored the Hachoburi shopping and had a really yummy okanamiaki for dinner.Read more
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Hiroshima
January 31, 2023 in Japan ⋅ 🌙 2 °C
Today we went to the Hiroshima museum, where we learnt about the A-bomb. We walked through the peace park feeling a bit sad. We went to a temple and then caught the ferry to Miajima Island where there were cute deers lots of cute shops and lots of yummy food. We got the high ropes up the mountain for a photo shoot. We rushed back to catch the last shinkansen to kyoto. We had a yummy sushi dinner on the train.Read more
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Red Kyoto
February 1, 2023 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Today we met up with Takara who was our guide/translator for the day. We went to the Nishiki Market and tried some yummy goodies. We then went to Fushimi Inari Shrine where we had our fortunes read (I'm unlucky this year) and tried to fine all 12 cats that live at the shrine. We then went to a Kiyomizu-dera Temple and yasaka Pagoda temples.
We went to osaka for dinner TO MEET Shu. It was a lot further away than we thought. Dinner was deep fried everything. We ran for the train to get back to kyoto and had a good night at a local pub.Read more
TravelerWho is Shu?
2/2/23Reply
Travelera friend from school :)
2/2/23Reply
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Shu bamboo
February 2, 2023 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 2 °C
Today we were with Shu. We went to the ninja and samurai museum and learnt to throw ninja stars and dress up as a samurai. The guide was very funny telling us the history of the samurai. We then had a 7 11teen lunch and went to the bamboo forest and a golden temple. People were throwing coins at rocks and i missed many times. For dinner we had sushi shinkansen 🚄🚄. We said goodbye to Shu.Read more
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Universal studios
February 3, 2023 in Japan ⋅ 🌙 2 °C
Today we woke up super early to head to universal. Molly tahnee and I arrived 2 hours before opening to try get a fast pass and ensure we get to Mario world. Surprisingly all of japan had the same sentiment and all the fast passes were sold out. As soon as the gates open we all sprint to Mario world. We went on the ride and felt like real life mariocard with the vr headsets. We then went to Jurassic world and went on the flying dinosaur in the singles line and got soaked on the boat ride. We then went to Harry potter world and lined up for ages. We watched water world in japanese and tried to follow the storyline. The crowd was very quiet with no woohooing. We spent the rest of the day fitting in as many rides as we can and beat Nathan and Alessias attempt 8/5. We then went out to dinner in a smokey bar and went to a gaming bar to play mariocart on an old school console.Read more
TravelerDidn't you learn from getting soaked on the boat ride in LA 😂
2/5/23Reply
TravelerI sat in the middle away from the typical spash zones
2/5/23Reply
TravelerWhat is Mario World? And why is it so special?
2/5/23Reply
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Cat cafe
February 4, 2023 in Japan ⋅ 🌙 5 °C
Today we went to what we thought was a tea ceremony class. We learnt to make macha tea with a guide who did not know much English. The class went for 25 minutes instead of 45 and it was not what we were expecting. We then split up into boys and girls. Us girls were in search of a nail place. We went to about 12 in the area but they were all booked out. We then went to a cat cafe with all the cute cats! It was about $10 for 10 minutes. We had the best ramen in a small resturant. We tried to go to a brewery with the boys but there was no room, and tobin broke a glass by squeezing it. We then spend the rest of the day shopping and relaxing. 7 11 dinner with gyozas and cards to finish up.Read more
Traveler10 minutes in the cat cafe? Ripped off!!!!
2/5/23Reply
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Osaka to Tokyo
February 5, 2023 in Japan ⋅ 🌙 4 °C
Today we left half the group to head to Tokyo. We went to osaka aquarium and saw the whale sharks l, dolphins and fishies. The aquarium followed the circle of life with all the different countries. We had lunch nearby and went back to the train to catch the shinkansen. Our hostel was a bit shocking because it was soooo tiny. Feeling tired we went to bed early.Read more
TravelerHmmmmm! Teeny tiny digs! 😯
2/11/23Reply
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Fuji Q
February 6, 2023 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 1 °C
Today we got up super early to head to Mt Fuji on the bus. It was very cold. We met Cal got lost trying to find the train station that was on the roof of a shopping mall. At Fuji Nick and I went off to do the ropeway and had a very clear view of the mountain. We hired bikes and rode around lake kawaguchi. We had yummy ramen at a food truck. We then got a bus to Fuji Q to meet everyone and forgot to press stop on the bus and walked extra. I got my moneys worth at Fuji q and had lots of fun on the rides with my favourite being the one with the biggest inversion in the world. After a big day we had to wait a long time for the bus. As it was Cals last night we did karaoke at a bar and played darts.Read more
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Team lab
February 7, 2023 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Today after a bit of a sleep in we went to team lab with the tin cans and took lots of photos in the cool art installations. We then had very delicious ramen at ippudo. We then went to asakusa to do some shopping and see a shrine. Very tired we attempted a chill night and got poke bowls from a shisha bar.Read more
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Shopping
February 8, 2023 in Japan ⋅ 🌙 6 °C
Today we went shopping in Harajuku with godzilla. I got a massage in the morning where we bartered the price down and was told to go to the toilet even though I didn't need to. The ladies chatted the whole time.
We then went out to a fancy all you can drink dinner and went to karaoke. Molly was very grumpy when her song was skipped. We then went to a church bar and then attempted to go clubbing but the entrance fee was too high.Read more
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Mario carts
February 9, 2023 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 2 °C
Today we went go carting. We dressed up in dirty outfits and got in the go carts. It was fun to drive around the colourful streets and Jordan's cart broke down. We then spent the day wandering the streets. We spent all our coins in the arcade playing bommer mand and Jordan attempted the claw machine to win a Jimmy. We went to a dog Cafe and sat with all the little puppies. We then went back to the arcades and played some more games and watched all the super pro people play the games. We went to a newtown like area for dinner and looked around all the shops.Read more
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Cooking class
February 10, 2023 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 3 °C
Today we went to the fish markets and tried some fresh sashimi. We then went to our cooking class where we learnt to make ramen and gyozas. It was a fun class and it turned out to be the best gyozas ever. We then headed back to get ready for our pub crawl with takara. We rushed to get to the location in the rain and went to a nice traditional restaurant where I had a giants bowl of udon. We went to the pub crawl and had many shots dancing the night away. It was very difficult getting a taxi home.Read more
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Trip end
February 11, 2023