Sunday, March 20, 2016

A visit to Japan

      1. Book the tickets in advance, maybe 8 or 10 months in advance
2. Practice walking, at least 8 km!!
3. Want to experience bullet train? Take JR pass from your country.
4. Take minimum luggage.
5. Make a flexible itinerary- don’t be sad if you miss a place, happy to see whatever is available.                         Rain is unpredictable
6. If you are taking a kid- I have to write another blog for that.
7. Vegetarian? Carry the food.
8. Take yen and enjoy shopping.
9. Don’t get busy in visiting tourists places, just take a random train and travel around, observe people, Japanese design, perfectionism.
10. Do visit  the washroom in all possible places, in many places they are unique and you will marvel about the cleanliness.
11. Ask for help and observe how much trouble Japanese take to explain you.
12. Walk around the cities.
13. Try roadside food.
14. Take camera along with phone to take photo!! You will be surprised to see even 80-year-old carry around full frame camera!!



Tokyo street

             Edo-Tokyo Museum


Edo-Tokyo Museum


Edo-Tokyo Museum


Edo-Tokyo Museum


Edo-Tokyo Museum


Edo-Tokyo Museum


Edo-Tokyo Museum


   Edo-Tokyo Museum

  Extraordinary commitment of Japanese to provide normal life to everyone, in above photo, that is the blind section in Edo-Tokyo museum

Edo-Tokyo Museum


Edo-Tokyo Museum


Edo-Tokyo Museum


Edo-Tokyo Museum- street photography


                 Fujiko·F·Fujio Museum


Fujiko·F·Fujio Museum


Tokyo street 

Tokyo street - Amazing image stabilization of OMD 1/10 sec

Tokyo sky tree

Oshigae street 

Disney- Tokyo 

Disney- Tokyo 

Disney- Tokyo  - guess who?

Disney- Tokyo

Disney- Tokyo

Disney- Tokyo

Disney- Tokyo- 

Disney- Tokyo

Disney- Tokyo

Disney- Tokyo

Disney- Tokyo

Disney- Tokyo

Disney- Tokyo

Disney- Tokyo

Disney- Tokyo

Disney- Tokyo

Disney- Tokyo

Disney- Tokyo

Shibuya crossing

Shibuya 

Shibuya 

Shibuya 

Shibuya 

Shibuya 

Asakusa


Sensoji Temple


Sensoji Temple

Sensoji Temple

Sensoji Temple

Sensoji Temple

Sensoji Temple


Sensoji Temple

Sensoji Temple

Sensoji Temple

Sensoji Temple

Sensoji Temple

Sensoji Temple

Sensoji Temple

Sensoji Temple

Sensoji Temple

Sensoji Temple

Sensoji Temple

Sensoji Temple

     Rainbow Bridge (Tokyo)- photo taken from monorail


Odaiba

Odaiba

Odaiba

Odaiba

Japan landscape was taken from Shinkansen - Journey Tokyo to Kobe

Japan landscape was taken from Shinkansen - Journey Tokyo to Kobe

Japan landscape was taken from Shinkansen - Journey Tokyo to Kobe

Japan landscape was taken from Shinkansen - Journey Tokyo to Kobe

Japan landscape was taken from Shinkansen - Journey Tokyo to Kobe

Japan landscape was taken from Shinkansen - Journey Tokyo to Kobe

Japan landscape was taken from Shinkansen - Journey Tokyo to Kobe

Kobe cityscape

Kobe cityscape

Gauri 

Kobe Ikuta Shrine

Kobe Ikuta Shrine

Kobe cityscape

                    Kobe Harborland


               Kobe Harborland


              Kobe Harborland


Kobe Harborland


Kobe Harborland


Kobe Harborland


Kobe Harborland


Shinkansen 

        Gauri - watching cartoon 


   Gauri - watching cartoon 


Hiroshima streets 

Hiroshima streets 

Hiroshima streets 

Hiroshima streets 

Hiroshima streets - Tram 

Hiroshima  sea 

Hiroshima city

On the way to Miyajima


On the way to Miyajima

On the way to Miyajima

On the way to Miyajima

Traditional 

 Miyajima

Miyajima

Miyajima

Miyajima

Miyajima

Miyajima

Miyajima

Miyajima

Miyajima