First of all, I’d like to wish you all a very Happy New Year and may you have a wonderful 2018. Yes, I know it’s very late, but better late than never, right? By the way, we have been back from Japan almost three weeks now but haven’t got time to work on travel posts and videos. It’s the holiday season where lots of catching up happened, but also we have family guests visiting.
A brief summary of our Japan and short Hong Kong trip was it was awesome, especially Japan. And I totally get it how a lot of people who had visited Japan kept on going back. We would love to do that, too! It might have something to do with being in an absolute new place, new experience, trying to figure out the transportation system and understanding the languages – that it became really exciting. Also not to mention some exciting alleys you discovered when you got lost – places you wouldn’t know how to go back to once you have access to internet. But, above all we enjoyed the cuisines much, from street food, depachika, convenience food, ekiben, to the famous kobe beef. Those were the times I felt truly alive, do anyone else feel that way about travelling?
Anyway, I am thinking to split the posts about our trip into these list below. Then, a hyperlink will be added to each bullet point once it is posted, and hopefully won’t be too long now.
Our Japan and Hong Kong trip itinerary looks like these:
- Day 1 – Kyoto: Arriving in Kyoto
- Kyoto Airbnb Review
- Day 2 – Kyoto: Fushimi Inari, Kiyomizu Dera, and Gion
- Day 3 – Kyoto: Arashiyama, Monkey Park, Kinkakuji, and Nijo Castle
- Day 4 – Kyoto and Osaka: Ginkakuji, Osaka Castle, HEP 5
- Osaka Airbnb Review
- Day 5 – Osaka: Universal Studio Japan
- Day 6 – Osaka: Nara, Tsutenkaku, Kuromon Market, Shinsaibashi
- Day 7 – Osaka: Himeji Castle and Kobe
- Day 8 – Osaka: Hiroshima and Miyajima
- Day 9 – Takayama
- Tanabe Ryokan Review
- Day 10 – Takayama: Shirakawago
- Takayama Kanko Hotel Review
- Day 11 – Tokyo: Asakusa
- Disneysea Mira Costa Hotel Review
- Day 12 – Tokyo: Disney Sea
- Disneyland Hotel Review
- Day 13 – Tokyo: Shinjuku, Harajuku, Shibuya
- Tokyo Airbnb Review
- Day 14 – Tokyo: Doraemon Museum
- Day 15 – Tokyo: Tsukiji and Akihabara
- Day 16 – Hong Kong: Temple Street Market
- Hotel Stage Review
- Day 17 – Hong Kong: Ferry to Central, The Peak Tram, Symphony of Lights
- Day 18 – Hong Kong: shop along Jordan Street and back to Sydney
So, see you soon in the next posts on our Japan trip 🙂
Have an amazing 2018! 🙂
Thank you and to you too 🙂
Thanks! 🙂
A friend of mine in Canada and her sister in the Philippines also went there recently. Hmmm… must be something there in the month of December.
Did they go to Japan for skiing? I am still seeing a lot of friends going to Japan these days, thanks to facebook 🙂 But, yes we both are so looking forward to another Japan trip – gotta save first hehe
No they just stroll and eat a lot and see some Cherry Blossoms 😉
Sounds like a dream holiday of mine, very nice! 🙂