Travel Japan
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- Jan 7, 2018
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Booked for later in the year, doing the usual Osaka-Kyoto-Tokyo trek but deciding if I should add Sapporo onto the end for something a little different.
If you haven't been to Tokyo before then you have to spend one day doing siteseeing tour of best of Tokyo. I would skip the fish market if you can avoid it and go shopping in Shibuya instead. There is a great Pokemon center and Nintendo store for kids.
If it is all about keeping the kids entertained, i suggest taking them to Disneyland for one day. And if they like Harry Potter, there is a studio tour you can take them as an alternative.
- Jun 18, 2010
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plenty on this thread about kidzania if they are 5-8
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absolutely a must with kids.
Mine were 7 & 5 last year when we went
Its also a short walk to Teamlabs which makes it a good whole day trip
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Ueno zoo was ok.
The pandas and polar bears are cool as was the indoor reptile centre with the salt water crocodile
The rest of the park felt very cagey to me
Got the itch to head back again, went in 2015 and it remains my favourite trip, did Tokyo, Osaka, and brief periods in Hakone and Kyoto and Hiroshima.
Would do another week in Tokyo, and then in the other week some new places, I'd probably do one of the other major cities like Yokohama, Sapporo or Fukuoka , and then maybe a couple of places a little more remote/ country for something different.
Would do another week in Tokyo, and then in the other week some new places, I'd probably do one of the other major cities like Yokohama, Sapporo or Fukuoka , and then maybe a couple of places a little more remote/ country for something different.
I'm travelling to Tokyo next April for the first time.
I'm interested in baseball, J League, horse racing, Tokyo Disneyland, Japanese rock bands and collecting vinyl.
Expecting big things, so any additional suggestions of things to do would be welcome
I'm interested in baseball, J League, horse racing, Tokyo Disneyland, Japanese rock bands and collecting vinyl.
Expecting big things, so any additional suggestions of things to do would be welcome
The food. Would go back just for the wagyu.
Second the food.
Of those things I only have experience with Tokyo Disneyland, it's great, but it's effectively any other Disneyland in Japanese.
Tokyo DisneySea we also went to, and is similar but I believe unique as there aren't any other DisneySea in the world, well there weren't when I went in 2015.
Mt Fuji and Lake Ashi is a really cool daytrip, as is a trip out to Kyoto by train, as is a trip out to Hakone the Onsen district. These aren't on your list of interesting things but are other things we enjoyed to get an experience of Japan.
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Kyoto is the new Amsterdam, people everywhere after 8am and that's not including all the school kids on their excursions.
Other cities have been normal busy.
Regardless I have not experienced any animosity towards me as a tourist.
Other cities have been normal busy.
Regardless I have not experienced any animosity towards me as a tourist.
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Can't speak to the first few aspects of your question but I bought a few records from Book Off which is a huge chain of op-shops with locations all over Japan. I'm just starting out as a collector but they had a section with all records for $3 and most of the rest were under $20. Picked up a live Elvis Presley, BB King, and Simon & Garfunkel records for under $20.
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Sports merch very good in Japan.
You go into the main stores and you can nearly find every American sports team.
Unlike in Australia where it's the same 10 NFL and NBA teams.
You go into the main stores and you can nearly find every American sports team.
Unlike in Australia where it's the same 10 NFL and NBA teams.
Yeah Kyoto sucks in the main areas. Go a few streets past that and it’s calm.
