A slightly more detailed breakdown of my trip.
San Francisco – May 31
- Leave around noon via Japan Airlines
Tokyo – June 1-2
- Arrive on June 1
- Recover from jet lag ✈️ 😫
- Visit camera stores and cat cafes within walking distance of hotel in Shinjuku
Toyko – June 3-7
- Tsukiji Outer Fish Market
- Meiji Shrine in Yoyogi Park
- Harajuku
- Takeshita-dori
- Omotesandō
- Miyashita Park
- Shibuya Sky observation deck
- Sumo wrestling practice event
- Imperial Palace Garden
- Asakusa
- Sensō-ji
- Ueno
- Team Lab Planet (digital art exhibition)
- Night shoot in Shinjuku
- Omoide Yokocho 🏩
- Shinjuku Golden Gai
Kyoto – June 7-9
- Travel by Shinkasen (bullet train) to Kyoto
- Kōdai-ji
- Kiyomizu-dera temple
- Sannenzaka and Ninenzaka streets
- Yasui Konpira shrine
- Nishiki market
- Wagashi (Japanese sweets) demonstration
- Noh performer visit (Noh masks, costumes and short performance)
- Gion
- Hanami Koji
- Fushimi Inari shrine
- Arashimaya
Osaka - June 10
Nara - June 11
- Nara Deer Park
- Japanese nude hot baths
Osaka - June 12
Tokyo – June 13-18
- Yakushima
- TBD, I will have this time to myself
San Francisco – June 19
- Fly home in late afternoon, going back in time
