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 Japan travel tales
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| J Chambers |
27 December 2003 |
Stayed at Gimmond Kyoto, Hotel - Kyoto, Japan.
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Kyoto is an excellent place to visit, the golden temple at Kinkakujini was rated quite cool, but no presents (we visited 25 Dec with a 14 year old) and the free food samples from the station food court were rated wow by his twin brother. The family walk along the skywalk disturbed other romantic couples on the 11th floor walkway. Superb views. We had to video the dinner we ordered in Takagaki with fluttering fish flakes on the vegetarian omelette. It loked like something you would see on a coral reef.
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| S Lang |
09 December 2003 |
Stayed at Mansions at Roppongi, The - Tokyo, Japan.
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If you're going to travel around Japan to any extent, get a JR railpass.
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| R Guerrero |
09 December 2003 |
Stayed at Mansions at Roppongi, The - Tokyo, Japan.
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Tokyo is one of my favorite cities and this was my first time to actually live in Roppongi. I felt safe walking around the entire neighborhood, including into Roppongi Hills, and discovered lots of cozy restaurants and bars along the way. Don't be shy about going down the little side streets and alleys, they always reveal some new little treasure.
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| R Smith |
20 November 2003 |
Stayed at Kinki, Hotel - Osaka, Japan.
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I mostly used a taxi to get around as I was on business, but both the train lines and subway lines are within a 7 minute walk of the hotel. There are several restaurants in the area and if you walk across the street, you can visit a big shopping mall that has stores such as GAP, Disney, Starbucks, etc. There is an English friendly bar called 'Bar Isn't it' within 3 minutes walk of the hotel. And walking through this district at night (9:00 PM - 3:00 AM) is very entertaining. You will be approached by several girls and guys solicitating you to come into their club (if you are a male).
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| E Ruggles |
17 November 2003 |
Stayed at Radisson Miyako Hotel Osaka - Osaka, Japan.
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I did not enjoy Osaka very much. We went to the main tourist attractions and I was sorely disappointed with the art museum beside the aquarium. It was basically only an exhibit of one artist, which I found fairly boring. Since my daughter had spent the last year teaching english in Japan, she felt fairly comfortable taking the various trains which completely confused me. The were not exactly tourist-friendly.
We went to Kyoto and saw some beautiful temples and gardens, but I was underwhelmed by Kyoto. The train ride to Kyoto from Osaka was not a pleasing view of the local terrain. We did not take guided tours because my daughter felt we could explore on our own. I think we wasted too much time trying to find places by doing it on our own as we only had four days in Japan.
I do not have any memorable meals to relate, but I do recommend going to the department store next to the hotel and peruse the variety of tasty snacks and quick meals offered. It was also interesting to see how very expensive fruit is--a small melon was enshrined in a very fancy box and offered up at an outrageous price. I am from Toronto, Canada and simply cannot relate to these prices. Anyway, it was fun to look at how the Japanese package and present food so beautifully.
P.S. - I did not have one bad cup of coffee at the hotel or elsewhere while in Japan. Careful, check the price of a cup of coffee before you order because it could be eight dollars! I paid that in a cafe in Kyoto.
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| A Fujimoto |
31 October 2003 |
Stayed at Rihga Royal Hotel, Osaka - Osaka, Japan.
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Stekiya, the steak restaurant in Dotonbori, gets you the best teppanyaki steak in Japan.
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| M Sun |
28 October 2003 |
Stayed at Mansions at Roppongi, The - Tokyo, Japan.
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We took a Hatobus tour to Mt. Fuji and enjoyed it although it was all in Japanese. The tour guide was very kind and helpful. The subway system is quite complex we were glad to have family to explain it to us. Also getting to central Tokyo from the airport takes at least 90 minutes.
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| S Park |
28 October 2003 |
Stayed at Mansions at Roppongi, The - Tokyo, Japan.
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Gompachi - Great restaurant to enjoy sushi and other traditional japanese dishes. locased in Roppongi. ('G. Bush' visited this restaurant.)
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| R Schock |
23 October 2003 |
Stayed at Kinki, Hotel - Osaka, Japan.
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I did a myriad of things while in Osaka and staying at Hotel Kinki. It's located right in what seems the heart of Osaka, so everywhere you look, something fun abounds especially small restaurants (DO check these places out, they may be small and family owned, but by god, the food is incredible!). I'm one for electronics, games and gadgets, so Yodobashi Umeda should be a stop that anyone with similar interests should make. A HUGE shopping mall of technology and gadgetry, much much fun! Also, not too far from Hotel Kinki is the Umeda Sky Building, I would have to say there isn't much in the world more romantic than blue fog, slow music and the complete view of Osaka at night lit up by buildings and the moon seen from the top of that building. If you take a significant other to Japan, you owe it to yourself to witness this marvel.
Also, Kyoto isn't too far by train, So I would HIGHLY recommend a trip to Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto. Very beautiful! I would force anyone I take to Japan to visit there. Lastly I would have to say Himeji Castle is a great place to visit if you want to see someting truly impressive. Kind of far compared to the other places I went to, but very worth the trip. Truly remarkable!
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| P Frederic |
21 October 2003 |
Stayed at Kinki, Hotel - Osaka, Japan.
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The better access to this hotel is subway higashi umeda. From this location you can easily visit nara with kintetsu line, kyoto and kobe with hankyu line. Very peaceful place in Kansai.
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