Kanagawa-ken Travel Blogs

Woke up refreshed after a great sleep in the futon on the tatami mats and went up for breakfast, which was buffet style mixture of western and Japanese.At the breakfast table we worked out what we were going to see. We decided on first going to the Hakone open air art musuem which is a cool park wi…

Our goal for the day was to see Mt. Fuji, however, it just wasn't in the cards for us.  Although we ended up having a magnificent day anyway.  I had never been on so many different modes of transportation in 1 day before!The day's agenda included: Multiple transportation exp…

I had a good time this day.  We caught the train to Kamakura (it took about 20 minutes).  Once we got off we ate at this great Hawiian Burger spot on the way to the beach.  After that we walked down to the water.  they had a little hula show.  It was windy and the sand was …

Breakfast at our ryokan was a buffet of Japanese and Western-style dishes.  It was the first time I'd really had salad with breakfast, but their miso-based salad dressing was delicious!  The Japanese favorite natto, fermented bean paste, was served over hot rice.  Dishes were labeled…

Today is my last day in Tokyo.  Tomorrow I leave for Nikko, a couple hours to the north and tucked into the mountains.  So naturally I spent my last day outside of the city.  (I know, makes sense to me too.)This morning I took a train to Kamakura and did LOTTSSSSS of walking.  …

I moved to Zushi Beach area for a job while there it was great to breath some fresh sea air and take in the awesome sunsets on the beach. In summer time the beach is crowded with people soaking up the sun and swimming, windsurfing, fishing, or yatching at nearby Hayama Marina,  …

I woke up at dawn. My phone alarm went off 5 minutes later. Having sorted out my stuff the night before, all I had to do was take my morning onsen and have breakfast. The onsen for the morning is the 2nd onsen located on the 1st first floor - which was the men's onsen from last night. Donning on m…

Well as an urban/european type of guy, I  didn't know about how great mother nature could be  untill I was introduced to Japanese "Onsen"What more can I say ? just try it, and I promise  just like Stevie Wonder and me, you won't regret it .The one I ve been to has got a website but Japanese is …

Kamakura, Japan is not far from Tokyo and well worth a day trip to see The Big Buddha and a Temple that is within walking distance from the Big Buddha.  If you not sure how to get there just go to a train station (or subway) and ask any young person; you will find out they are very friendly an…

One day in our trip to Japan,2 japananese members who work at my company took us to Hakone with family members joining. It was a very good day with a warm feeling!

Forced myself out of bed around 11:30 and dragged myself across the street to the train station to go down to Kamakura on a noonish train.  Bought a sandwich at a kiosk and ate that on the way down as I needed something (why did I drink Tequila shots last night!)  Got down to Kamakura a l…

I went on a day picnic from Tokyo with my friends. Instead of taking the shorter route thru Tokyo, we took the longer but more scenic Enoden Electric Railways from Shinjuku to Kamakura via Fujisaw. It was a fascnitaing journey thru old towns. We visited the Large Daibutsu Buddha statue, played around a bit on the dirty but quite beach and even managed a short visit to a graveyard at Tokeiji...another interesting weekend in Tokyo!

Hiromi had talked to Jana and at the end of April and we agreed to go to Kamakura to check out a couple of the temples/shrines there and to see the huge Buddha that they have. So we did that on today.   I should state that I have found I am really getting into the traditional Japanese archit…

Yesterday and today I went to a local festival near Jimmuji train station in Zushi. Yesterday was kinda laid back, everyone hanging out, drinking, chit-chatting. There was a little stage with kids singing, a lady with a monkey doing tricks, and a band, as well as a little candy booth for the kiddie…

Bon, alors, qu'est-ce que j'ai fait qui vaut la peine d'etre mentionne cette journee-la. Disons que ca a commence en force avec un Remi qui tentait de faire developper ses photos. Trop drole. La fille ne comprenait rien, et moi encore moins. Vous auriez du me voir essayer de mimer que je les voulai…