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Playing Tourist in Japan
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items This was my 2nd trip to Japan. We stayed about 2.5 weeks. I went with my son, my mom, my brother and my niece and nephew. We split our time in Tokyo area and Osaka area. We love Japan! There is so much to see! Let me know if you have recommendations ...
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Day 1 was relaxing hanging at the Kawasaki temple and eating at the nearby food court. You have to try the takoyaki there!
Kawasaki Daishi
Day 2 was spent doing a super unique activity- Canyoning! It was a great way to escape from the heat and the professional guides were amazing. Check out the splash website! It is SO worth doing this if you can squeeze it in.
スプラッシュ
Day3- Sea Paradise. This place has it all! It is like SeaWorld but better! And there were no crowds, we were able to get onto rides within minutes.
Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise
Day 4- Shinjuku Gyoen. I love plants so this was such a great day for me. I loved just being able to walk around and see all the beautiful nature. There is a beautiful greenhouse that is AMAZING with many tropical and subtropical flowers. I was in plant heaven.
Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
Day 5- Tokyo Disneyland. The most magical place on earth is in Tokyo! Disney Magic is EXTRA magical in Tokyo! You HAVE to go, and the price to go in is a bargain compared to the US.
[Official]Tokyo Disneyland - 東京ディズニーリゾート
Day 6- Mount Takao. It's hard to believe this place is only an hour from Tokyo! Its worth it to just go for their cheese tarts. I am not joking when I say those cheese tarts are the BEST ones I have EVER HAD! So good!
Mount Takao
Day 7- Zauo Shinjuku. How often can you actually say I got to catch my lunch today!?! This was a super fun experience for the adults and the children. And the food was AWESOME! They literally cook what you catch. Now that is fresh food!
Fishing Restaurant Zauo Shinjuku
Day 8- TeamLabs Planet Tokyo. Hands down one of my favorite things we did! This was such an amazing interactive experience. I have never been to anything like this. I believe this is a must go to when in Tokyo!
teamLab Planets TOKYO DMM
Day 9- DisneySea. This is my ABSOLUTE favorite Disney park here (and really anywhere). It's so unique and we love the theme there (almost a steam punk theme). If you only have one day to do Disney, do DisneySea! You got to try their sweet potato chur...
Tokyo DisneySea
Day 10- Nara. We fed the deer, which was actually a little scary because if you had deer biscuits they knew you had food and they would run at you and were a little aggressive. However, they were wonderful when you didn't have food 😆. It was still a...
Nara
Day 11- Universal Studios Osaka. This was by far the most crowded theme park we went to and happened to be the hottest day too! It was really cool, but the JAWS ride was closed! The best part about our day there was running into a YouTube celebrity- ...
Universal Studios Japan
Day 12 +13-Exploring downtown Osaka, mainly Dotonbori district. Everything we ate was AMAZING. Especially the large scallop. Our days included lots of shopping and food. We did Harukas 300 sky building where we went up to the 60th floor to get views ...
Osaka
Day 14- Local cemetery and the Osaka Aquarium. My mom and I went on a morning walk and ended up at a cemetery and temple. It was BEAUTIFUL. After our morning walk we got on the train and headed to the aquarium. This was our second time going to the a...
Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan
Day 15- Osaka Castle. There are SO many amazing artifacts that are SO old. Japan is so resilient and such a strong nation. I love learning about some of their history. I wish I could show all the neat things inside but they did not allow pictures in ...
Osaka Castle
Day 16- Kobe Animal Kingdom Zoo. This place was really cool! It was like a combination of a petting zoo and a real zoo. Many areas had animals roaming around and then of course the more dangerous animals were in a habitat area. We got to pet and feed...
Kobe Animal Kingdom
Day 17- Lake Biwa. We escaped the city life and went out to the mountains, and headed to the biggest lake in Japan, Lake Biwa. My son did a water obstacle course while we waited for our paddle board rental time slot. We got to take pictures in front of the Shirahige Shrine Torri. Shirahige Shrine has accordingly over 1900 years history. It is said to will bring a variety of fortunes, such as longevity, marria...
SUP boarding on Lake Biwa
I basically booked ALL of my activities on the Klook app. It made my life SO much easier booking through Klook before I even made it to Japan. I never once had any problems and loved that I had all of my tickets digitally at my fingertips and not to ...
Klook Travel Accommodations
This last trip was a big family trip. It included myself, my son, my mom, my brother and his two kids (my niece and nephew). It can be hard to accommodate for such a large party in Japan. For the first part of our trip, which was in Tokyo, we ended u...
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