JAPAN NIHON
858.16 Japanese yen=$10.00 cdn
429.08=$5.00
85.82=$1.00
Passmo card to ride the metro and electric train
put 2,000.00 Y for the day
no tip country
but there is taxe.
Souvenirs to bring back:
If you have a little lunch box with you or buy the little Japanese Bento box
from Takashimaya store you could buy
fish sumi
vege ginger sumi
fish gyoza
or
Japanese whisky
Saké
and of course a kimono with coton inside
wooden sandals
plenty of things to bring back if you have time.
I, myself brought back dinner for 3 that made people very happy and a little wooden passport.
Did not have time to shop at the duty free what a shame...we rush rush rush thru security for detaxe and wait in line behind many crews ...
snif snif !
I should have bought the stuff in town if I knew that but someone really told me we had time...
Luckily, I am coming back another 3 days.
Things to do:
I did:
visit temples
ride the metro
have a beer with a local sit down on a tatami
have dinner with a local sit down on a long wooden bench
drink up saké in a tiny tiny tiny bar with the locals
have some sushi
shrimp tempura
terrayki beef
kobe or mayou beef
and some spicy ramen
things left to do:
take a ninja class or a sumo class
rest in a spa without your tatoos as you are not allowed to get in with one on
have tea with the geisha
wear a kimono with the wooden sandal
In restaurant :
remove your shoes
eat with your chop stick:The higher up you hold them people will be impress
and sing karaoké iii
Day of departure
Heure du départ
Panne d'électricité je quitte la maison à la noirceur dans une tempête de neige.
Jour 1
Nihon
I was there ounce a brief 24 hours after escaping South Korea. I must say it was more expensive at that time now its not too bad.
I stayed 3 days !
I was very excited!
So
13 hours... flight
1 hour to get out of the airport custom finger prints...and all.
2 hours bus ride
and I was not able to sleep during my break
my day was more than long
extra long, all dress!
and not being able to go to the washroom in the bus to the hotel is not human either.
We stayed in Yokohama a suburb of Tokyo of 3.3. millions people;
all Japanese
with the exception of a few tourists.
Japan
Yokohama
Asakusa
Shibuya
Kamakura
we just drove 60 km from Narita airport
we still have another 60 to go
after a 13 hours...flight and no toilet in the bus
its a very long drive to the hotel
I was unable to sleep either people talking none stop
Huge bizarre building
So I went around the hotel by myself as no one wanted to eat sushi. How bizarre!
So I went not too far to find my real Japanese sushi and came back to the hotel for a well deserve sleep.
5 hours
turn and flip
turn and flip...
Japanese people dont speak english even in a 4 stars hotel
as much as their hospitality is grand their english is veyr limited indeed. Not even funny when you stay in a 4 stars hotel.
In case of an emergency...you are on your own.
woa I was hoping to find sushi place every where but nup!
To tell you the truth, I had a hard time finding one but it was interesting to walk around tho.
This place looked like fun and it was full of people.
(The next day we did came here for a beer and had a good Japanese happy hour time but again translation was pathetic.
google translator as well.
oh well! A good reason to drink more beeru!)
I finally found a sushi place they told me to come back in 12 minutes.
I did. I even went there for lunch on my departure but for my first dinner, I was a bit shy on the quantity of food I could eat since my head was no longer functionning and I had to figure out how much was a canadian dollar worth in yen.
I had some red tuna sushi
some red tuna sushi
and some more red tuna sushi
my favortie and a Kirin beer
I got out and went to the grocery store to find a bag of chips
I guess I was tired
all I saw was plastic all over
and some kind of munchies with fish
ok time to go back to the hotel and get some rest...
ALMOND AND FISH
big shopping mall
GROS CENTRE D ACHAT
hair cut
Jour 2
evacuation area hm interesting
Bon, the next morning, I went to Mcdonald as the other places were close
but I could not say enjoyed my egg mc muffin
it was a bit weird ....I heard its the new thing at Mc. but on a waffle with no canadian syrup
no thanks
but the coffee was good and it was pack of people already at 6 30 am.
You can practice your Japanese withe clerk early in hte morning or show them the picture you want.
So, while I decided to see if I was going to meet and visit with the rest of the crew or not because it was a bit drizzling, I decided to go get my metro pass since Passmo because Im coming back again in Japan might as well be prepared.
Yes, there are plenty of other restaurants in the morning for breakfast
They all are at the mall Join us underground
now, I know.
Hotel breakfast is 20,00 with a 20% discount, I am not going to spend that much money for breakfast for 3 days are you nuts! 1 maybe to find out what they eat but for the rest no way.
Now that I had my coffee fix and some food in my stomach Im ready for adventure.
My stomach doesn t feel Matcha crave that early in the morning
Oh my Boudha!
I spend over an hour just to look at this Japanese circus of crazy life in Japan.
figure out this machine takes more than a wiz kid
You need to get a Passmo pass similar to the oyster card in London
you put some money a little deposit and the way you go
and if you ran out
you put more money on it as you go along no problem there.
Ask the blue man in the little boot he will help you out
no english tho....but we manage.
you see a few english words but than the rest is in Japanese oh no!
Great grocery store to stop for a mandarin juice and for breakfast...next time sake
check the presentation of the rice
juice choice is quite limited compare to Moroccco but looks good too
ok same thing here you have the number in roman
but the rest is in Japanese
Cute it was too early for me to shop here beside being able to buy some mandarine juice
1,00
yes
my pasmo pass
I went to see a blue man
and ask him for help
I show him my money and a credit card
Delicious its really my favorite juice mandarine
Going to Asakusa
Our first visit we need to do a transfert at Shibuya
Asakusa
food tasting
delicious
delicieux j en ramenerai la prochaine fois
follow the kimono ladies
Too cute this little family
I bought the same thing many years ago
iii
good looing Japanese man in Samourai kimono
Kirin Sapporo Asahi Premium
in order of preference
draft Kirin
asahi
premium
sapporo
ramen bowl perfect to last the day
un bol de ramen parfait pour le lunch
nos chefs
parfait
now this is my
coup de coeur
of the day
was trying to read the Japanese sign
and saw that poor little girl trying to get a selfie of herself with the temple in the back not easy to do
Beautiful
So I wave at her to come to us we will take a picture of her in front of the temple
She seemed very happy
young adolescent kimono style very light very floffy all in silk
Senjo ji temple
You shake a pot full of stick
you finally get one out
it has a number on it corresponding to a little wooden box you open it and you get a fortune message
good you get to keep it
bad you have to burn it
on fait brasser un contenant avec des batons numérotés on en pige un et ensuite on ouvre le tiroir correspondant au numéro avec l aide d un japonais bien sur et on lis notre chance ou notre malchance
si c est de la malchance on l'attache et on le fait brulé
si c'est un message de chance on le garde et on saute de joie !
yes! porte bonheur pas besoin de le faire brûler
too cute
it looks like a tintin picture
un bol de saké avec du lait de riz
Trop mignonnes ces japonaises en kimono!
SHIBUYA
Nous reprenons le métro pour quitter et nous diriger en direction de Shibuya
à peine 5 ou 6 stations
mais serons nous capable de nous diriger sans probleme
à voir
oui nous reviendrons certainement mais le temps presse
nous traversons 2 x pas 1 mais 2 fois cet artere
Mission réussi!
Ici 5 arteres
a la lumiere rouge tout arrete
on laisse passer les véhicules à la lumiere verte tous les coins de rues sont synchronisés
tout le monde traverse mais comme c est si gros et il y a tellement de gens
le phenomène est génial mais mes photos le sont moins j ai été prise à m amuser a traverser la rue
Quartier de Golden Gai
Les restos sont si petits
il y avait de la place pour 4 personnes c est tout
trop drole
et avis aux étrangers ce n est pas partout qu on vous fera entrer meme s il y a de la place
Enfin un bon endroit pour déguster une bonne biere fraiche ou un bon saké
On a prit un verre et on a décidé de manger tout pres de l hotel car se rendre
a la maison ce soir n'était pas terminé encore on devait reprendre un autre métro et savoir ou descendre et quelle sortie prendre. Heureusement que les gens sont gentils car dans ce train il n y avait pas vraiment d annonce encore moins de signalisation nous y sommes allées avec les arrets et j ai regardé au loin les indices....pas évidents a la noirceur mais des gens d une courtoisie inouie
Au fait ce quartier bouge apres la fermeture des métros ou tout les genres se cotoient.
Quand on est passé la premiere fois tout était vide personne ou presque et quand on est repassé tout était complet zut alors!
incroyable minuscule resto
4-5 personnes 1 chef
le plus gros devait en avoir 12 autour
La fatigue se fait sentir e tnous sommes a l heure de pointe qui n arrete jamais.
belle presentation de riz
porte journal sur le bord de la chambre d hotel
deuxieme matin je suis allée quand meme au buffet pour voir ce que mange un japonais typique
crepe
du riz bouilli...poisson....
dejeuner pas tres appetissant a l hotel
omelette crue
french toast à peine cuite
ici pas fort.
SAMAKURA
TROISIEME JOURNÉE
Pas besoin de se lever tot car ici on se ferait bousculé épar les travailleurs pressés pour se rendr eau boulot qui stresse des 6 -7 hueres du matin....poir faire leur journée.
Nous on en veut encore de ces belles images japonaises alors on se rejoinds pour 9 heures et demi en direction de Samakura
pour voir ce Boudha géant,
allez up
on recharge la carte pasmmo
au guichet et puis on remet
2, 000.00
on prend le metro express ce qui nous sauvera du temps
ensuite on prend un train electrique
pas mal
on est rendu des experts
mais il ne faut surtout pas oublié nos hotes japonais qui se font un plaisir de nous aider de nous diriger de nous mettre dans la bonne ligne ce qui n est pas évident du tout
ne soyez pas gené à demander sinon le casse tete vous donnera certainement ma l a la tete
Arrivé sur place on se fait un refill de café d autres partent deja a la découverte
une jeune femme en kimono qui fait des savons aux produits naturels
puis on va voir Boudha
Magnifique
des jeunes, des moins jeunes, des plus vieux, tout le monde est venu visiter Boudha meme au mois de novembre.
l endroit est magique et la foret qui l entoure également
malheureusement on a du laisser tomber la foret de bambous mais ce sera qu une partie remise
ensuite nous sommes allés au bord de la mer avec plage volcanique
on a mangé un burger de viande Japonaise puis on a marché sur le bord de la mer à regarder les surfers Japonais.
Il y avait de magnifiques maisons tout au long de notre trajet pour se rendre à (l ile de Ennuya...!!!)
mais peine perdu on l a aperçu mais il y avait tant à marcher encore. Pour certain la distance paraissait sans fin.
L' important c' est qu' on l' ait aperçu....
Une sortie à 5 ce n'est pas une sortie seule et ici 5 têtes valaient bien son pesant d'or pour figurer ce casse tête japonais du transport.
De retour à l'hotel nous sommes allées prendre un verre dans un bar typique assis part terre apràs nos 18 km c'était tout un défi.
On est finalement parti au resto pour manger des crevettes tempura délicieuses
: 2 crevettes et des légumes...
858.16 Japanese yen=$10.00 cdn
429.08=$5.00
85.82=$1.00
Passmo card to ride the metro and electric train
put 2,000.00 Y for the day
no tip country
but there is taxe.
Souvenirs to bring back:
If you have a little lunch box with you or buy the little Japanese Bento box
from Takashimaya store you could buy
fish sumi
vege ginger sumi
fish gyoza
or
Japanese whisky
Saké
and of course a kimono with coton inside
wooden sandals
plenty of things to bring back if you have time.
I, myself brought back dinner for 3 that made people very happy and a little wooden passport.
Did not have time to shop at the duty free what a shame...we rush rush rush thru security for detaxe and wait in line behind many crews ...
snif snif !
I should have bought the stuff in town if I knew that but someone really told me we had time...
Luckily, I am coming back another 3 days.
Things to do:
I did:
visit temples
ride the metro
have a beer with a local sit down on a tatami
have dinner with a local sit down on a long wooden bench
drink up saké in a tiny tiny tiny bar with the locals
have some sushi
shrimp tempura
terrayki beef
kobe or mayou beef
and some spicy ramen
things left to do:
take a ninja class or a sumo class
rest in a spa without your tatoos as you are not allowed to get in with one on
have tea with the geisha
wear a kimono with the wooden sandal
In restaurant :
remove your shoes
eat with your chop stick:The higher up you hold them people will be impress
and sing karaoké iii
Day of departure
Heure du départ
Panne d'électricité je quitte la maison à la noirceur dans une tempête de neige.
Jour 1
Nihon
I was there ounce a brief 24 hours after escaping South Korea. I must say it was more expensive at that time now its not too bad.
I stayed 3 days !
I was very excited!
So
13 hours... flight
1 hour to get out of the airport custom finger prints...and all.
2 hours bus ride
and I was not able to sleep during my break
my day was more than long
extra long, all dress!
and not being able to go to the washroom in the bus to the hotel is not human either.
We stayed in Yokohama a suburb of Tokyo of 3.3. millions people;
all Japanese
with the exception of a few tourists.
Japan
Yokohama
Asakusa
Shibuya
Kamakura
white gloves same as in Korea
we still have another 60 to go
after a 13 hours...flight and no toilet in the bus
its a very long drive to the hotel
I was unable to sleep either people talking none stop
Hotel arrival
and I already saw someone wearing a kimono
I will definetely like this place
I hurried upto go to my room
it was sushi time!
I got up, change and was ready to go
So I went not too far to find my real Japanese sushi and came back to the hotel for a well deserve sleep.
5 hours
turn and flip
turn and flip...
Japanese people dont speak english even in a 4 stars hotel
as much as their hospitality is grand their english is veyr limited indeed. Not even funny when you stay in a 4 stars hotel.
In case of an emergency...you are on your own.
To tell you the truth, I had a hard time finding one but it was interesting to walk around tho.
This place looked like fun and it was full of people.
(The next day we did came here for a beer and had a good Japanese happy hour time but again translation was pathetic.
google translator as well.
oh well! A good reason to drink more beeru!)
I did. I even went there for lunch on my departure but for my first dinner, I was a bit shy on the quantity of food I could eat since my head was no longer functionning and I had to figure out how much was a canadian dollar worth in yen.
I had some red tuna sushi
some red tuna sushi
and some more red tuna sushi
my favortie and a Kirin beer
I got out and went to the grocery store to find a bag of chips
I guess I was tired
all I saw was plastic all over
and some kind of munchies with fish
ok time to go back to the hotel and get some rest...
ALMOND AND FISH
big shopping mall
GROS CENTRE D ACHAT
Jour 2
evacuation area hm interesting
Bon, the next morning, I went to Mcdonald as the other places were close
but I could not say enjoyed my egg mc muffin
it was a bit weird ....I heard its the new thing at Mc. but on a waffle with no canadian syrup
no thanks
but the coffee was good and it was pack of people already at 6 30 am.
You can practice your Japanese withe clerk early in hte morning or show them the picture you want.
So, while I decided to see if I was going to meet and visit with the rest of the crew or not because it was a bit drizzling, I decided to go get my metro pass since Passmo because Im coming back again in Japan might as well be prepared.
Yes, there are plenty of other restaurants in the morning for breakfast
They all are at the mall Join us underground
now, I know.
Hotel breakfast is 20,00 with a 20% discount, I am not going to spend that much money for breakfast for 3 days are you nuts! 1 maybe to find out what they eat but for the rest no way.
Now that I had my coffee fix and some food in my stomach Im ready for adventure.
My stomach doesn t feel Matcha crave that early in the morning
Oh my Boudha!
I spend over an hour just to look at this Japanese circus of crazy life in Japan.
figure out this machine takes more than a wiz kid
You need to get a Passmo pass similar to the oyster card in London
you put some money a little deposit and the way you go
and if you ran out
you put more money on it as you go along no problem there.
Ask the blue man in the little boot he will help you out
no english tho....but we manage.
Rush hour in Japan is far away from Montreal reality maybe not as worst as India that is for sure but it was something to watch for a big hour...
some map yes in english
you see a few english words but than the rest is in Japanese oh no!
check the presentation of the rice
ok same thing here you have the number in roman
but the rest is in Japanese
Cute it was too early for me to shop here beside being able to buy some mandarine juice
my pasmo pass
I went to see a blue man
and ask him for help
I show him my money and a credit card
Going to Asakusa
Our first visit we need to do a transfert at Shibuya
Asakusa
delicious
delicieux j en ramenerai la prochaine fois
Too cute this little family
iii
in order of preference
draft Kirin
asahi
premium
sapporo
ramen bowl perfect to last the day
un bol de ramen parfait pour le lunch
now this is my
coup de coeur
of the day
was trying to read the Japanese sign
and saw that poor little girl trying to get a selfie of herself with the temple in the back not easy to do
Beautiful
She seemed very happy
young adolescent kimono style very light very floffy all in silk
You shake a pot full of stick
you finally get one out
it has a number on it corresponding to a little wooden box you open it and you get a fortune message
good you get to keep it
bad you have to burn it
on fait brasser un contenant avec des batons numérotés on en pige un et ensuite on ouvre le tiroir correspondant au numéro avec l aide d un japonais bien sur et on lis notre chance ou notre malchance
si c est de la malchance on l'attache et on le fait brulé
si c'est un message de chance on le garde et on saute de joie !
yes! porte bonheur pas besoin de le faire brûler
SHIBUYA
Nous reprenons le métro pour quitter et nous diriger en direction de Shibuya
à peine 5 ou 6 stations
mais serons nous capable de nous diriger sans probleme
à voir
oui nous reviendrons certainement mais le temps presse
nous traversons 2 x pas 1 mais 2 fois cet artere
Mission réussi!
Ici 5 arteres
a la lumiere rouge tout arrete
on laisse passer les véhicules à la lumiere verte tous les coins de rues sont synchronisés
tout le monde traverse mais comme c est si gros et il y a tellement de gens
le phenomène est génial mais mes photos le sont moins j ai été prise à m amuser a traverser la rue
Quartier de Golden Gai
the bars and restaurants are so small there is only place for a few people
il y avait de la place pour 4 personnes c est tout
trop drole
et avis aux étrangers ce n est pas partout qu on vous fera entrer meme s il y a de la place
Enfin un bon endroit pour déguster une bonne biere fraiche ou un bon saké
On a prit un verre et on a décidé de manger tout pres de l hotel car se rendre
a la maison ce soir n'était pas terminé encore on devait reprendre un autre métro et savoir ou descendre et quelle sortie prendre. Heureusement que les gens sont gentils car dans ce train il n y avait pas vraiment d annonce encore moins de signalisation nous y sommes allées avec les arrets et j ai regardé au loin les indices....pas évidents a la noirceur mais des gens d une courtoisie inouie
Au fait ce quartier bouge apres la fermeture des métros ou tout les genres se cotoient.
Quand on est passé la premiere fois tout était vide personne ou presque et quand on est repassé tout était complet zut alors!
incroyable minuscule resto
4-5 personnes 1 chef
le plus gros devait en avoir 12 autour
deuxieme matin je suis allée quand meme au buffet pour voir ce que mange un japonais typique
crepe
du riz bouilli...poisson....
dejeuner pas tres appetissant a l hotel
omelette crue
french toast à peine cuite
ici pas fort.
SAMAKURA
TROISIEME JOURNÉE
Pas besoin de se lever tot car ici on se ferait bousculé épar les travailleurs pressés pour se rendr eau boulot qui stresse des 6 -7 hueres du matin....poir faire leur journée.
Nous on en veut encore de ces belles images japonaises alors on se rejoinds pour 9 heures et demi en direction de Samakura
pour voir ce Boudha géant,
allez up
on recharge la carte pasmmo
au guichet et puis on remet
2, 000.00
on prend le metro express ce qui nous sauvera du temps
ensuite on prend un train electrique
pas mal
on est rendu des experts
mais il ne faut surtout pas oublié nos hotes japonais qui se font un plaisir de nous aider de nous diriger de nous mettre dans la bonne ligne ce qui n est pas évident du tout
ne soyez pas gené à demander sinon le casse tete vous donnera certainement ma l a la tete
Arrivé sur place on se fait un refill de café d autres partent deja a la découverte
une jeune femme en kimono qui fait des savons aux produits naturels
puis on va voir Boudha
Magnifique
des jeunes, des moins jeunes, des plus vieux, tout le monde est venu visiter Boudha meme au mois de novembre.
l endroit est magique et la foret qui l entoure également
malheureusement on a du laisser tomber la foret de bambous mais ce sera qu une partie remise
ensuite nous sommes allés au bord de la mer avec plage volcanique
on a mangé un burger de viande Japonaise puis on a marché sur le bord de la mer à regarder les surfers Japonais.
Il y avait de magnifiques maisons tout au long de notre trajet pour se rendre à (l ile de Ennuya...!!!)
mais peine perdu on l a aperçu mais il y avait tant à marcher encore. Pour certain la distance paraissait sans fin.
L' important c' est qu' on l' ait aperçu....
Une sortie à 5 ce n'est pas une sortie seule et ici 5 têtes valaient bien son pesant d'or pour figurer ce casse tête japonais du transport.
De retour à l'hotel nous sommes allées prendre un verre dans un bar typique assis part terre apràs nos 18 km c'était tout un défi.
On est finalement parti au resto pour manger des crevettes tempura délicieuses
: 2 crevettes et des légumes...
Belle journée
Le lendemain jour du départ nous nous sommes séparés pour profiter de ce moment de liberté pour faire un peu de magasinage chez Uniqlo bien sur mais quand meme assez cher comme partout ailleurs dans le monde.
J'ai découvert cet épicerie de reves
TAKASHIMAYA
pour tous les chefs du monde
et j ai mangé des gyozas et des shumis ils étaient tellement bons que j en ai ramené pour le souper.
J ai ensuite mangé du sushi pour le lunch une derniere fois
je cherchais cette sauce unique de sésame avec piments forts mais ce sera pour une prochaine fois car j y retourne encore 3 jours a la fin du mois !
Je pense que je vais passer mon escale dans cette grande épicerie à gouter tous ces savoureux plats Japonais hormis le tofu.
Les plus de ce voyage
Propreté, Courtoisie, harmonie de millions de gens qui vivent ensemble si proche l un des autres et bien sur ses jolis kimonos.
Les gros down side de ce joli pays
Le plastique
Le nucléaire
Et le massacre des dauphins
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