marcr1230
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looks like I'm going to be in Japan for 10 days in Feb 2017
Never been there, might be the only time I go.
What are the must see sights and must do activities ?
it's too early to think about what equipment to bring , I can have fun with that later
Thanks
Never been there, might be the only time I go.
What are the must see sights and must do activities ?
it's too early to think about what equipment to bring , I can have fun with that later
Thanks
Mute-on
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1. Kyoto imperial palace gardens and stay in a ryokan
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Mute-on
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2. Buy a BP Leica
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mike rosenlof
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what to do depends a lot on your interests. here are some of my suggestions assuming Tokyo the whole time:
Asakusa, Sensoji (Buddhist temple) lots of traditional (or faux traditional) goods in the shops leading up to the temple. Popular tourist spot for visitors from everywhere, foreign and domestic.
Tokyo Metropolitan Photography Museum.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Photography
Nihon Minka-en Japan Open Air Folk House Museum.
http://english.nihonminkaen.jp/
Check out a Shinjuku or Akihabara camera store. Yodobashi is a good one.
Akihabara, the "electronics town" is fun to just wander around and look at the shops.
Good day trips include Kamakura, the site of the giant Buddha from some time in the 1400s (if not earlier), and Nara the site of Tokugawa Ieyasu's tomb, the Shogun who unified Japan in the early 1600s, and started the system of government that lasted until the 1860s.
A decent half day trip is take the Keio train line to Takao and ride the funicular railway to the top of the mountain. Or walk, it's not a huge climb.
Walk and explore. Go to a department store and check out every floor. Take the subway or train out to the 'burbs and walk around there. See how the more ordinary Japanese live.
Asakusa, Sensoji (Buddhist temple) lots of traditional (or faux traditional) goods in the shops leading up to the temple. Popular tourist spot for visitors from everywhere, foreign and domestic.
Tokyo Metropolitan Photography Museum.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Photography
Nihon Minka-en Japan Open Air Folk House Museum.
http://english.nihonminkaen.jp/
Check out a Shinjuku or Akihabara camera store. Yodobashi is a good one.
Akihabara, the "electronics town" is fun to just wander around and look at the shops.
Good day trips include Kamakura, the site of the giant Buddha from some time in the 1400s (if not earlier), and Nara the site of Tokugawa Ieyasu's tomb, the Shogun who unified Japan in the early 1600s, and started the system of government that lasted until the 1860s.
A decent half day trip is take the Keio train line to Takao and ride the funicular railway to the top of the mountain. Or walk, it's not a huge climb.
Walk and explore. Go to a department store and check out every floor. Take the subway or train out to the 'burbs and walk around there. See how the more ordinary Japanese live.
Are you kidding! You come to Japan to buy a black paint Nikon SP, but Marc already has one of those!!!
Marc, there's so much to see and do, and you'll only scratch the surface in 10 days, but I'm sure you'll enjoy the experience whatever you get up to. Lets meet up for a coffee or beer or something when you're in Tokyo/Yokohama.
marcr1230
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kxl
Social Documentary
What to do? Meet with Jon, but not at Sensoji
No, not at Sensoji, at least not during peak cherry blossom season
Also a good idea to ensure a means of communication. Fairly easy to do these days with ever more accessible WIFI and the variety of SIM cards now available
Also a good idea to ensure a means of communication. Fairly easy to do these days with ever more accessible WIFI and the variety of SIM cards now available
Freakscene
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A must see is The Meguro Parasitological Museum, of course!
http://www.kiseichu.org/Pages/english.aspx
Not joking, by the way, go.
Marty
http://www.kiseichu.org/Pages/english.aspx
Not joking, by the way, go.
Marty