Japan

Was here for about a month when I was seven… I would very much like to visit again one day and inhale the culture properly. :)

I visited Japan last winter and the trip was totally awesome. Going to Sweden for example is not really exciting because it’s like improved version of Finland. But in Japan the culture is so different that I had few culture schoks along the way.

First, those toilets. I mean, when I saw s “japanese toilet” for first time, my expression was something like 0____0. Hole in the floor -kind of style is so not for me :D

The food is also not for me :D I don’t like sushi or raw fish or wasabi or anything like that. But eating with, eeeh, those sticks? is nice :D I had some problems in the beginnig but in the end of the trip I started to be pretty good.

I visited Osaka and Kyoto which are big cities. We went to several shops and markets but still I didin’t find one single english-speaking person :D Luckily my japanese friend was with me all the time :D

I could go on forever, listing the strange things but maybe it’s better not to. But it’s lovely, adorable, weird, beatiful, amazing and fascinating country.

So very much worth visiting.

i would love to go to japan, especially tokyo to see the harajuku district..i stayed in tokyo overnight on my way to australia but i’d like to stay there for longer and have a proper look around.

ever since i saw the movie spirited away i have wanted to see japan. the movie made me feel so magical and everything and i wanted to see it there was something in japan that was like the setting of spirited away. does anybody know?

Going from Osaka, Kyoto, Tokyo, etc… :D It is somewhat different from what people normally see in TV. But is just as amazing. :D

Even though I moved away more than 20 years ago, I’m still a little bit Japanese at heart.

For a long long time I have wanted to travel to and through Japan. I can list many reasons why, but I still wouldn’t be able to properly express the magnetic effect the place has on me. I suppose many “westerners” have the same feeling.
Maybe we were Japanese in a previous life eh :)

I just booked my trip (15 days) for October. It’ll be the first time I travel outside of Europe and the first time I’ll be on my own, travelling with a group of strangers. Needless to say I’m very exited!
My itinerary on ListsOfBests

Just booked my trip for October! I’ll be doing GAP Adventures’ Japan Express tour, which should give me a nice 9 day sample of what Japan has to offer. The main itinerary points are below.

大阪 Osaka
高野山 Mt Koya
京都 Kyoto
広島 Hiroshima
宮島 Miyajima
箱根 Hakone
富士山 Mt Fuji
東京 Tokyo

I really want to go to Japan! I am trying to learn Japanese so I can go there.

i really want to go to japan! i love the geisha’s and maiko’s and harajuku girls! i want to get married there!