Travel in Japan

Gah! How did the two weeks vacation went by so quickly? What did we do in these two weeks? I wish we have more time! But home we must return and earn more money so that we can afford another vacation in the future

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An End To An Awesome Trip

I started the day by going out for a run (alone, this time) at 6.00am. The Takamatsu Port is just about 1km away from the hotel we were staying in. It helped that I saw a runner (in compression wear, no less) along the way so I just kept pace (read: make sure he was within sight) with him until I knew roughly where I wanted to do my run.

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The Kagawa Prefecture

A must for any train buffs visiting Japan! A visit to the Railway Museum in Saitama.

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At The Railway Museum

Jay Dee’s post on Ueno Zoo’s Thai Pavillion and Japanese Architecture and the subsequent comments made there resulted in me thinking of one place that not many tourists seems to know or head to when they are at Ueno park’s vicinity. A glimpse of the shitamachi (low city) can be found at the Shitamachi Museum located at Ueno Park. A nostalgic visit to how old Tokyo looks like

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Shitamachi Museum

Yebisu Garden Place is one of Ebisu’s main tourist attraction;

It’s been four months since the day we went on our 2009 vacation to Japan. I wrote earlier that I’m going to drag our trip posts for six months and so far, I think I’ll be able to do that.

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A Recap Of Our 2009 Japan Trip Posts

After our trip to the museum, we decided to head to Kasukabe in Saitama. Any Crayon Shin-Chan fans would know that Kasukabe is where the anime is set in and Shin-chan’s creator, Yoshito Usui also lived in Kasukabe

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Bento For Lunch And A Trip To Kasukabe

The Tetsudō Hakubutsukan or the Railway Museum is an interactive museum. There are plenty of exhibits that can teach us about all things railway and how it evolves throughout history

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Enjoyable Time At The Tetsudō Hakubutsukan (Railway Museum)

The Tetsudō Hakubutsukan or the Railway Museum is definitely a must visit for anyone interested in the trains and railways. We went to the now closed Transportation Museum a few years back and enjoyed looking at all the train exhibits there, so we were really looking forward to a visit to this Railway Museum.

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To Tetsudō Hakubutsukan (Railway Museum)