Japan Travel Wishlist

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Note: The items on the lists are in no particular order.

Places

• Day trip to Nikko
• Weekend trip to Izu/Atami
• Tokyo Disney Sea
• Doraemon Museum
• Hanami in Kyoto
• Hanami in Tokyo/Kanagawa (ie. Uneo Park, Kanazawa Bunko, Mitsueke Park, Kamakura)
• Yokohama Chinatown/Mirato Mirai+ Night View in the indoor spa place (Cup Noodle museum)
• Shinjuku Korea Town,Golden Gai
• Kamakura (鎌倉) 
• Day trip in Odaiba (お台場)- see Gundam, Onsen, Teleport, MiraiKan!
• Hiking in Kamakura, visit T-san again
• Trip to Okinawa
• See lavender in Hokkaido (Noboribetsu, Edo Wonderland, Onsens) and sun flowers in summer * Hiking
• Take sleeper train/ferry to Hokkaido
• Buy Youth18 train tickets (5 days, plan trip!!)*
• Hiking around Kanto area (day trips)
• Himeji Castle 姫路城
• Visit where the Emperor lives (Kyoto, Tokyo)
• Sony Store in Ginza
• Akihabara (Anime stuff, Music instruments, second hand items)
• Museums (Edo, Tokyo National, Space, Train, Tabacco & Salt)
• Karuizawa in Summer (Wiki tells me it’s sister city with Whistler)
• Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage Trails (Hike, explore, visit Shrines)
• Shinbashi at Night (for cheap eats, etc)
• Nakano/Ueno/Jiyugaoka
• Old towns of Kawagoe, Shibamata in Tokyo
• Koganezaki (clear waters and islands in summer)
• Osaka

1. Namba (難波)
2. Otaroad (Similar to Akiba)

• Hiroshima
• Nagasaki (長崎)
• 吉祥寺
• 三重縣,廣島縣,鳥取縣 (totori)Nature trip during Golden Week(To Kyushu)
• See all of Tokyo
•  – 新宿東口、新宿西口、回憶橫町、池袋東口、池袋西口、澀谷、原宿、青山‧表參道、築地、吉祥寺、淺草、銀座、秋葉原、上野、六本木、惠比壽‧代官山、台場、橫濱港未來、元町‧中華街, 谷中老街, 有樂町高架鐵道…

To Do

• See Hotaru
• Bike Trip in Wakayama (和歌山)
• Watch a concert
• Fireworks
• Watch a movie
• Hike Mitou-san (http://spice-cabinet.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2009/08/mitou-waterfall.html, http://tokyoholic.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/tokyo-winterscape/)
• Feed deers in Todai-ji (東大寺) of Nara
• Onsen in Hakone (箱根)
• Crazy coasters at FujiKu
• Hike Mt. Fuji
• Design/make my own glasses in Eyeglasses Museum
• Visit Tokyo Tower
• Get to the top of Sky Tree (once it opens, stop by Akasaka Sacas)
• Anpanman Museum
• 三鷹の森 ジブリ美術館
• Visit all 三景 Sankei in Japan

1. Amanohashidate, Kyoto
2. Matsushima, Miyagi
3. Miyajima, Hiroshima (but the tori was being Repaired at the time)

• Watch Hanabi (fireworks) in Sumida River and nightmarkets
• Totori prefecture~ Recommended > Mie
• Dressed ONCE in Yukata/Kimono
• Shop till I drop in Ginza (drop by NihonBashi)
• Stay up late enough on weekdays to see drunkies on train
• A day trip to chill in Yoyogi Park of Harajuku (also Meiji Jingu), then window shop in Omodesando, Takeshita Dori
• See Geisha in Gion, Kyoto
• Chill in Shinjuku Gyoen, Happo-en in
• Participate in 博多祇園山笠, a festival held in July @ Fukuoka
• Kyoto Gion Matsuri
• Osaka tenjin matsuri
• Tokyo Sanno Matsuri
• Shop in an outlet mall (there’s one close by in Kanazawa Hakkei)
• Rock climbing in EnoShima
• Eat /stroll in Tsukiji (築地) Go again to try whale meat/ tamagoyaki
• Challenge for a good shot of Shibuya Crossing
• See babies cry in Nakizumo festival @ Asakusa (fourth Sunday in April every year between 12.30 p.m. and 3 p.m. )
• Paint an eye for Daruma doll
• Head to Heian Jingu in Kyoto on June 1 or 2 to watch Takigi Noh performances
• Sendai Tanabata Matsuri from August 6-8
• Hike on Mt. Takao
• Mandarake Complex: Sotokanda 3-11-12, Chiyoda-ku, +81 (0) 3 3252 7007, noon-8 p.m.
• Go to a Comic cafe
• See Godzilla in Hibiya Park
• Festivals-Kanda-matsuri in Kanda, Sanno-matsuri in Nagata-cho, and Fukagawa-matsuri in Tomioka, Koto-ku
• Stay in a Capsule hotel
• Buy a pair of Evisu jeans

Eat

• Any All You Can Eat in general
• Fugu Sashimi (any weird fish)
• Try the Miracle Fruit http://www18.ocn.ne.jp/~pesca/
• Ultra fresh jumbo sushi at Miurakaigan
• the best Unagi don in this world
• the best Ramen in this world (cross this out because i’m tired of Ramen)
• Taishoken Ramen in Ikebukuro
• Matcha desserts
• Strawberry shortcake
• Takoyaki and お好み焼き at Osaka
• Japanese styled Omelette rice
• Curry (Japanese style of course)
• Tamagoyaki
• Yaki Tori
• Yaki Niku
• Kaiseki ryoli (If tofu Kaiseki counts?)
• Navy Burger in Yokosuka

Let’s see how many can be crossed off by the end of August.

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