After we got up early yesterday and had a long day, we just slept today and only left around noon. On our last day we wanted to go to Hibiya Oktoberfest and the Shinjuku district with the kabukicho entertainment district.
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Japan (“Land of the Rising Sun”) has over 125 million inhabitants and consists of a chain of islands stretching along the east coast of Asia in the Pacific Ocean. With its 6,852 islands, Japan is the fourth largest island state in the world in terms of area. The main islands are Hokkaidō, Honshū, Shikoku and Kyūshū. The highest mountain in Japan is the Fujisan with 3.776 meters. The largest cities of the country are Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Kobe and Kyoto.
Shibazakura Festival – Beautiful flower carpet at Mount Fuji (Japan)
After our photo stop this morning in Arakurayama Sengen Park, we boarded the next Fujikyuko Line train at shimoyoshida stop at around 12pm, which arrived in Kawaguchiko a short time later. From here it was not far to the Shibazakura Festival.
» Read the full blog postArakurayama Sengen Park, Chureito Pagoda & Mount Fuji (Japan)
Today we wanted to photograph one of the most popular tourist destinations in Japan and one of the most beautiful mountains in the world – Mount Fuji. And a famous photo spot for this is the Arakurayama Sengen Park with the great Chureito Pagoda.
» Read the full blog postTokyo – Imperial Palace & Sensoji Temple in Asakusa (Japan)
After admiring the view from the Metropolitan Government Building this morning and being at Tokyo Tower, our tour of this huge city continued to the Imperial Palace and Sensoji Temple in Asakusa.
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Today Tokyo woke us up with bright blue skies and sun, so we set off to explore the city’s sights. We had previously researched on the Internet that the Metropolitan Government Building has a magnificent view of the metropolis of millions and Mount Fuji.
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After visiting the Ueno Zoo at noon we walked through Ameyoko Shopping Street, which leaves directly from the metro station in Ueno.
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Tokyo unfortunately greeted us on our first day with covered skies.
» Read the full blog postTokyo – Our flight from Australia to Japan (Japan)
Today we started our seven-hour jet star flight from Cairns in Australia to Tokyo in Japan at noon.
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