Travel Eat Drink Like a Local

Days 8, 9, 10: Ginza | Kabuki | Tsukiji Market | Buddhist Hall | Asakusa | Senso-ji  From Kyoto back to Tokyo we took the beautiful N700 Nozomi aka “Wish” the fastest shinkensen, the bullet train. Covers about 450 km in two hours and twenty minutes. Little pleasures of train travel in Japan. High quality age old traditional confectionery and Hot-Cold Vending Machine Tea/Coffee with Lotus Root Chips, only in Japan. So good! Lotus Roots to die for! Upon arriving in Tokyo we went to Sagawa luggage counter of Tokyo Station (near the Nihonbashi Exit) and send luggage to the hotel. 2000 Yen /piece. We were craving Rice and Curry and walked to a Sri Lankan restaurant Kandy near Tokyo Station. Their offering was extremely limited and the place was deserted. We let go of that idea and took the metro to Ginza near the hotel. Ginza is the trendy hot spot of Japan. Once again, our hotel, Solaria Nishitetsu Hotel Ginza was chosen to ensure proximity to all main public ...

This is one of our most anticipated trips. We always wanted to go to Japan during the cherry blossom season and for the past so many years high school spring break did not align with it. This year, Abhiraj's senior year in high school, the spring break was a week earlier and was very well aligned with the cherry blossom season and just off by one week to avoid the Golden Week in Tokyo. If you are interested in detailed trip itinerary with notes and links, please scroll to the very end of this blog post. Day 2: Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden | Omoide Yokocho | Golden Gai | Kabuchiko We landed on a Friday night at the Haneda International Airport. Checked into the Century Southern Tower in Shinjuku. Across the hotel late in the night. Sunrise to the first full day in Tokyo. The view from the hotel room in Century Southern Tower Traditional breakfast at the hotel. Traditional Japanese Breakfast with Miso Grilled Fish and Fermented Toppings over Stea...