Japan : 2016

Japan trip 26/3/2016 to 1/4/2016

Japanese Tourist Guide Ms. Yoshi : Mobile Number:

00819089367055

26/3/2016

Tokyo - hotel Monterey honzomon

Skytree- broadcasting tower 634 m tallest opened 2012, 2 observatory 250 m &450m

3.8yrs to build

Temple-Senzojee- place Asaksa - KannonBuddha _628 Nitnenmam-Furaijiman gates -Nakamisi dori street - jumbo melon bread -japanese bread-soft icecream

Tori for shrine  clapping hands, bow in temple

Imperialpalace-former site of Edo castle Tokugawa shogun ruled from 1603 till 1867 emperormeiji came back in 1868 from then Tokyo capital

3.41sq.km- eyeglasses bridge - statuekusunoki masashige. Emperor kingjoe- Hakihito

Tokyo tower -333m completed in 1958 tallest till2012

Ueno  park- cherry blossom used to be huge temple,after battle ,it was burnt then turned into park

Went to Ginzha street - dinner at raj mahal

28/3

Konomiyaki is a pancake tacoyaki is also Japanese dish

Mt. Fuji 3776 m can go by car to five level and then walk. Walking allowed in july -Aug start with a festival and end .Mt Fuji exists through three volcanoes-komitake volcanos, old Fuji and new Fuji volcanoes .Five lakes formed -kawaguchi,sai,shoji,motosu,yamanaka,tanuki. And lake aashi

Min and max temp at my Fuji -15.2 in dec 6.0 in aug

Lunch at India  gotemba in Gotemba

Rice, rasam, roti,mutter paneer,pakoda,okra brinjal,gajar halwa.

Gotemba peace park , stupa symbol of the park, remains of Buddha , given by Nehru, Guardian dogs statue

Lake aashi - cruise for half an hour  , got down at hakonomachukio pier

Night stay at Shizuoka

Atami hotel in atami , natural spring spa , rooms and decor is typical Japanese style

29/3 - Tattami-mats Hotel is kinjoka

Mishima station to shinOsaka and shinOsaka to Hiroshima

9.40to12.06 and 12.09to 1.31pm

Atomic bomb zone 6th August 1945 -Nagasaki 9th Aug 1945 ,fat man and Little boy bomb (3.12m ,5ton)name of the bomber B52 5km was completed eradicated. 1,30,000people died and in nagasakhi 74000people died , 15th August Japan surrendered

Hiroshima peace memorial regd by unesco as war memorial

Ohio gosaimas-Good morning

Kok and Kyushu region

Nozomi,  fastest 5 stops  hikari,kodama - three types of trains -285km/hr

Maglev train tested 600 km/hr

Konichiva- namaste

Khurashiki canal- 30/3/2016

Osaka castle - Okayama district - chi oku region -142 km

Kurashiki aesthetic area - avoided attacking in ww-II ,rice distribution centre,town of storehouses -40m  - whitenwall black tiles -Ohara museum of western art - Oldest in japan .

Golden tea room - worth seeing

Previously kiyoto was the capital, afterwards tokyoto became . To means north. Kokosai means international kiko- airport

Lunch at Namaste Ganesha

Places in Osaka

Universal studios,Osaka aquarium kaiyukan, Umeda Sky buiilding,floating garden, museum of oriental ceramics,Ame mura,Five wheels , museum of fine art

31/3- narajia deer park ,todaigi temple

1200 wild deer

Two storeyed wooden structure

Reach kiyoto for kinkagoju temple i.e. Golden temple,kiyomizu temple ,going up the temple stairs ,main bazaar in Osaka sinchaibazi ,nikokansai airport.j

Banquets of Gion, Kyoto - Gaiko and Maiko -the dancers -very difficult to learn traditional Kyoto dance After 3 yrs of becoming she leaves lodging house and goes out on her own , pledge of sisterhood , Gaiko becomes Maiko

Difficult to enter Gaiko andMaiko residences , spl permission reqd.

1392-1596 golden time period in Japan

Kingkakuji-Golden pavilion

Docuonji-is the temple(ji) -kitayama culture , meeting, guest house 3 stories 1st aristocratic,- yoshimitsu shaka Buddha 2nd samurai Kanan Buddha and heavenly kings  3rd Chinese style

On the top Phoenix ,2nd and 3rd floor covered with gold. After gold pavilion are3 great pine trees , silver river fountain, black rock water, sakka tei beautiful smart castle, Acala shrine .

Kiyomito temple-

Nishiyonganji , Toji temple

1/4/2016-

Checked out from Nippon kansai airport hotel

Took the rapid train from the airport station to Osaka central station

Passed through five wheels, Rinku town where big outlet is there , Osaka tower, Osaka dome ,change train at Nishikujo for universal studios

Floating garden.