TravBuddy.com: allenl's Japan 2008 travel blog Copyright 2005 TravBuddy LLC http://www.travbuddy.com/blogs/30547 Quick trip to Japan in April 2008 en-us Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:00:50 PST Day 6: Naritasan Shinsoji http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/30547/Day-6-Naritasan-Shinsoji-13 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:00:50 PST Day 6: Naritasan Shinsoji Narita, Japan, Apr 30, 2008

Before heading to the airport, we headed to temple Naritasan Shinsoji which is actually a few temples set on a large park with garden paths, ponds an…

]]> Day 5: Asakusa http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/30547/Day-5-Asakusa-10 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:02 PST Day 5: Asakusa Asakusa, Japan, Apr 29, 2008

In Asakusa we saw the Senso-Ji Nakamise-dori temples amid some packed shopping and food stalls.

]]> Day 5: Ginza District http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/30547/Day-5-Ginza-District-12 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:12:11 PST Day 5: Ginza District Ginza, Japan, Apr 29, 2008

Final stop of the day is Tokyo's Ginza district

]]> Day 5: Imperial Palace (Kokyo) http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/30547/Day-5-Imperial-Palace-Kokyo-9 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:01 PST Day 5: Imperial Palace (Kokyo) Tokyo, Japan, Apr 29, 2008

You can't actually enter the Imperial Palace which is where the emperor and imperial family reside so, most views are from afar.

]]> Day 5: Meiji-Jingu Shrine http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/30547/Day-5-Meiji-Jingu-Shrine-8 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PST Day 5: Meiji-Jingu Shrine Meiji-Jingu, Japan, Apr 29, 2008

in the Shibuya district of Tokyo

]]> Day 5: Odaiba - Toyota Mega Web http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/30547/Day-5-Odaiba-Toyota-Mega-Web-11 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:32:22 PST Day 5: Odaiba - Toyota Mega Web Odaiba, Japan, Apr 29, 2008

Back toward Tokyo Bay, we hit up the Toyota Mega Web -- not sure what the web has to do with this place, but it's a Toyota showroom slash interactive…

]]> Day 4: Tokyo's Shinjuku District http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/30547/Day-4-Tokyos-Shinjuku-District-7 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:28:07 PST Day 4: Tokyo's Shinjuku District Shinjuku, Japan, Apr 28, 2008

Ended up at Tokyo's Shinjuku distict for the day with some great views of the Tokyo from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office.  We parked it…

]]> Day 4: Fuji-Hakone National Park http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/30547/Day-4-Fuji-Hakone-National-Park-6 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:18:26 PST Day 4: Fuji-Hakone National Park Hakone, Japan, Apr 28, 2008

Started out this day at Fuji-Hakone National Park by heading to lake Ashino-ko with a ferry ride starting at Hakone-Machi, stopping at Moto-Hakone an…

]]> Day 3: Kamakura, Odawara, Atami http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/30547/Day-3-Kamakura-Odawara-Atami-3 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:35:02 PST Day 3: Kamakura, Odawara, Atami Kamakura, Japan, Apr 27, 2008

Quick stop to Tokyo Bay then to Kamakura to see: Shinto shrine Tsurugaoka Hachiman-Gu and the Daibutsu (Great Buddha) at the Kotuku-in Temp…

]]> Day 2: Narita http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/30547/Day-2-Narita-2 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:24:29 PST Day 2: Narita Narita, Japan, Apr 26, 2008

This is probably one the shortest (and more high-maintenance) trips I've taken in a while -- quite a departure from basic backpack-and-hostel experie…

]]> Day 1: Point of Departure, LAX http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/30547/Day-1-Point-Departure-LAX-1 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:49:06 PST Day 1: Point of Departure, LAX Los Angeles, California, Apr 25, 2008

leaving LAX at 3pm Friday, hitting Narita, Japan, 6pm Saturday

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