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East Asia

maaliskuuta - huhtikuuta 2024
  • Aushim Krishan
  • Divya Deepankar
Divya and Aushim’s month long adventures across various parts of East Asia Lue lisää
  • Aushim Krishan
  • Divya Deepankar
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Reppumatkailu, Pariskunta, Kulttuuri, Nähtävyyksien katselu, Loma
  • 37,7tajetut kilometrit
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  • 70jalanjäljet
  • 29päivää
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  • 141tykkäykset
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    Omurice

    30. maaliskuuta 2024, Japani ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C

    One of the biggest attractions of Japan for Purva was having Omurice at a specific restaurant called Kichi Kichi Omurice in Kyoto. She had been following its chef on Instagram for a while. Unfortunately, the restaurant was closed for our dates in Kyoto. But she found an Omurice place called Taimeiken, close to where we were after visiting the Pokemon centre. We went there for lunch and ordered multiple Omurice. It’s a Japanese soft omelet on top of rice and looks really elegant when you pierce open the omelet with a knife. We had it and it was good. We decided to split up after lunch. Divya went to the National Museum within Ueno park. Purva and the moms went to get some uniquely flavoured Kitkats. Dad, Nishu and I went back to the hotel to nap a little. I had not slept well the previous night, and so was in desperate need of some sleep.Lue lisää

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    Tokyo National Museum

    30. maaliskuuta 2024, Japani ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C

    Divya visited the Tokyo National Museum, which is situated within the Ueno Park. On her way, she noticed that while the Sakura trees had blossomed more than our previous visit, it was still nowhere close to full bloom. The park was still very crowded though. She spent around three hours in the museum, which boasted art from entire East Asia and entire sections on Japanese history and the spread of Buddhism in Asia. She met us later for dinner and told us how impressed she was by the museum. Meanwhile, Nishu and Purva left to catch their flight back to the US. We sent them off and I started looking for an Indian place for our last meal with parents in this Japan trip, before they catch their flights to India the next morning.Lue lisää

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    Tokyo Tower

    30. maaliskuuta 2024, Japani ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

    I found an Indian place after researching a fair bit. I realised Tokyo is far inferior to London when it comes to Indian food options. After narrowing down on a restaurant and failing to reserve it online (because it asked for my name in Japanese native scripts), we headed to a place called Annam Indian restaurant. Divya met us there directly. The food was okay, nothing great. We had some nice conversations and then went onwards to see the Tokyo Tower, Tokyo’s famous landmark. It was stunningly lit up at night. We were wondering if it’s taller than the Eiffel Tower or not (they look very similar to each other). Spoiler alert - the Tokyo Tower is taller but by less than ten metres. We walked in the nearby park, admired the tower from a distance, clicked a few pictures and then went back to our hotel.Lue lisää

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    Until we meet again

    31. maaliskuuta 2024, Japani ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    The week-long excursion with the family came to an end. Parents and Purva’s mom had their return flights on Sunday morning. Nishu and Purva had already left the previous evening. Divya and I split up - she went with Parents to the Haneda airport and I went with Purva’s mom to Narita airport. We made sure they were properly checked in and then returned back to our hotel to get started for our next stop - Fujikawaguchiko. Meanwhile, everyone sent us their selfies after boarding, which was amusing. Nishu and Purva had already reached home by the time parents were boarding their flight. They had re-united with their dog Koko and sent a cute photo of her. Everyone had an amazing time in Japan, lots of fond memories and also lessons learnt for future visits to the country.Lue lisää

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    Impromtu Karaoke

    31. maaliskuuta 2024, Japani ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

    We got some breakfast and found a place to store all our suitcases because we would only need our backpack for the two days in Fujikawaguchiko. We initially checked with our hotel if they could store them as we were returning to the same hotel later but they refused. So we went to a place near Ueno, stored the bags and then went to Shinjuku to catch our bus. Unfortunately, all buses to Fujikawaguchiko were sold out until 6pm, something we had not anticipated. So, we got the 6pm ticket and realised we had lots of time to kill. We unsuccessfully tried getting into the Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, but it had a ticketed entry for the day which was sold out. We checked out a movie theatre but all English subtitled films (and even a Japanese anime film which we were okay with) were sold out. We roamed around the district, saw the popular Godzilla head on top of one of the buildings and eventually chanced upon a Karaoke bar. This looked interesting so we went in. And it was great. For the next one hour, Divya and I had a Karaoke room with unlimited drinks (we got hot sake, a cocktail and some Oolong tea) while we sang songs by ABBA, Queen, Adele, Coldplay and others. It was a fun experience and helped make up for the time we had lost by not getting an earlier bus. We eventually boarded our bus at 6pm, reached Kawaguchiko station around 8pm, and checked-in to our hotel after a short but eery uphill walk in the dark towards the hotel.Lue lisää

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    Fuji-san

    1. huhtikuuta 2024, Japani ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C

    We were in Fujikawaguchiko, a small hilly town right next to Mt. Fuji (referred to as Fuji-san by the locals) and also the Kawaguchiko lake, one of the Fuji Five Lakes. Our main activity here was going to be admiring Mt. Fuji from different view points and that is what we did. We started early and went for a walk around the Kawaguchiko lake. After grabbing breakfast at our hotel, we took the cable car to the Fuji Panoramic platform and spent time looking at the stunning views of the mountain. We also did a short hike from the panoramic platform to a shrine, which was around 300m further uphill. The day was a bit cloudy, so while the location was great, the views of Mt. Fuji still left a bit to be desired. We went back via the cable car and headed towards the great bridge over the Kawaguchiko lake. By now, the sky had cleared up and we got some amazing views and pictures. Fully satisfied, we got some lunch and then headed back to our hotel.Lue lisää

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    Onsen

    1. huhtikuuta 2024, Japani ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C

    Our hotel in Fujikawaguchiko, called Rakuyu, had a lot of amenities to give its guests a traditional Ryokan experience. Our room had an area with the Tatami mats (with futon beds provided if we wanted to sleep there). We had Yukatas (traditional Japanese robes) and the hotel encouraged all guests to wear them in the common spaces. And last but not the least, there was a public and a private Onsen (hot spring bath). We tried the public Onsen early in the morning. The male and female baths were separated so Divya and I went separate ways. It was an interesting experience. I had never been fully naked in a public bath before, so I was a bit iffy. But there was nobody in the bath at the time so I had the whole Onsen to myself. The view was amazing facing the Kawaguchiko lake. The water was almost 40 degrees celsius, a bit too hot for my liking. After a while, the heat made me uncomfortable enough that I left. Divya had a much more pleasant experience. The heat did not bother her and she came back very relaxed. Later in the day, we tried the private Onsen, where we could both go in together. Again, the lake view was great. After the bath, we got the complimentary cocktail and snacks in the hotel restaurant and then ended the day by watching “Lost In Translation”, a movie both of us had already seen but we were keen to watch it again because of its depiction of Japan and its unique culture.Lue lisää

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    Chureito Pagoda

    2. huhtikuuta 2024, Japani ⋅ ☀️ 6 °C

    We got up early and headed to the most popular spot for viewing Fuji-san, the Chureito Pagoda. The sky was completely clear, so we were excited to get there and see what the best view of Mt. Fuji looks like. After a train ride and an uphill hike, we reached the Pagoda. The views were glorious and completely worth the lost sleep. We clicked lots of pictures and sat there for sometime admiring Fuji-san, before heading back to the hotel to grab some well-deserved breakfast. On our way back, we also managed to get our return bus to Tokyo pre-poned, by talking to the staff at the Kawaguchiko station. This was great because it meant we could get to Tokyo earlier and start hitting the Sakura spots sooner.Lue lisää

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    Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden

    2. huhtikuuta 2024, Japani ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

    Finally, it was time for the headline event of this entire trip. We heard from Shashank and Sadhvi that some of the Sakura trees in the Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden were in full bloom. So after reaching back to Tokyo via our bus and then checking-in to our hotel, we headed straight to Shinjuku. We ate some quick lunch and got into the park. As we got deeper and deeper, we witnessed the gorgeous Sakura trees. Enough of them had fully bloomed and the park was full of people clicking pictures left, right and centre. We did the same and walked around the park. While some areas only had a few blossomed trees, others had an entire row and spread of full bloom Sakura trees. It was beautiful and we finally felt lucky to be able to witness this usually elusive event. We decided we will visit again over the next few days as we would get to see the park blossom even more. We stayed in the park till 6pm, until it closed and then headed onwards to Ueno park to see it in the night.Lue lisää

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    Ueno at night

    2. huhtikuuta 2024, Japani ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

    We had already visited Ueno Park previously, but now went there to see the Sakura illumination at night. We strolled along the Sakura-dori avenue, which had Sakura trees lit up with lanterns. The trees here had blossomed much more compared to our previous visit. We then went towards the pond, which also had a line of Sakura trees illuminated by lights. The reflection of the pagoda in the water next to the illuminated Sakura trees was absolutely gorgeous. We were tired for the day, so decided to grab some dinner and then head back to our hotel for some much needed sleep.Lue lisää

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