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Day 6: Yokohama

Today, we left Tokyo and headed south to Yokohama to visit Chinatown – the largest Chinatown in Asia – and the Shin-Yokohama Raumen Museum. Every morning, there is a parade of suits. Everywhere you look, men in very similar black … Continue reading

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Day 5: Harajuku

Another crappy weather day. *sigh* Doesn’t slow us down much but does get in the way of picture taking. It’s hard to get a good shot of something while holding an umbrella. Also, a million other umbrellas crowd the scenery. … Continue reading

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Day 4: Shibuya

2018-09-27: I originally posted highlights for Day 4 and rather than just filling in the blanks, I’m doing a whole other post to add the commentary and all the pictures.  We had big plans for the day but mis-timed some … Continue reading

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Day 3: Kamakura Part 2 & Tokyo Station

Here’s the rest of our day in Kamakura. (Part 1) Remember before I went to Japan the first time and I bought myself my first ever pair of Chucks? Now, I’m obsessed. These 2 are cool! Our next stop was … Continue reading

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Day 3: Kamakura

Again, WAAAAAAAY too tired to write or post all the pictures. Enjoy these ones for now and I’ll come back and edit later. Today was epic!  (FIRST edit (more to come, eventually) started January 24, 2019.) That’s only half of … Continue reading

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Day 2: Ueno

The previous post was all the pictures from Asakusa in the morning. This one will be the pictures from Ueno. As I said before, I’m too tired to edit and write more. I’ll come back and do it later. I SHOULD be sleeping … Continue reading

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Day 2: Asakusa

I am soooooo tired. I only slept about 2 hours last night (and that was interrupted from a nightmare that woke me up ~ Um, excuse me, subconscious. I’m on vacation!) and we were walking pretty much non-stop from 8am … Continue reading

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Day 0: Flight & Day 1: Arrival in Tokyo

Not much to tell from the flight. It was long. I slept mostly the entire time, only waking up to eat and to watch Big Hero 6 with Hubby. (I feel bad. He had downloaded all this anime for us … Continue reading

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All My Bags Are Packed – I’m Ready to Go

In exactly 24 hours, my plane will be landing in Tokyo. I’m so excited! How can I possibly sleep? I just finished packing. No matter what anyone tells you, there’s something to be said for doing things last minute. I may be slow … Continue reading

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Shop Till You Drop… Literally

I know you’ve been on the edge of your seat waiting to hear if I ended up getting the rest of the things that I needed before we leave for our second trip to Japan that I mentioned last time… You can sit … Continue reading

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