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a year ago
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After a few days of recovering from jet lag, I am proud to say I'm back home in the good, ol' US of A!
Japan was awesome!
My mom and I stayed at three hotels; the first one was the Hotel Gracery in Shinjuku. Not only did it have a large Godzilla head on it looking over the building, but it also had a cinema on the third floor. It was also owned by Toho! How crazy is that?! Forgot what the other two hotels were called, but they were just as cozy.
In Tokyo, we took a few tours to a shrine and temple and we also went to Tokyo DisneySea; it's kinda like California's Great Adventure since it's a different park than the main one, but we still went on some good rides.
In Kyoto, we went on a tour to Mount Fuji, I even had grape flavor ice cream. Sure, there was another shrine... and it is NOT for anyone who's out of shape since it's a climb on foot.
In Osaka, we went to Dotonbori and had a good dinner.
We got a lot of souvenirs.... most of which are Japanese Kit Kats to hand out, but I digress. We still got a lot of keychains though.
Never thought I'd enjoy convenience store food till we stopped by the 7-11s there; plus Family Mart and Lawson had no shortage of good eats, but it's the 7-11 smoothies my mom really enjoyed.
My one hang up though... was that it was so, damn hot! Sure, September is hot for a lot of countries, but it was said that's the hottest it got there ever! That, and it was humid! Added with my jet lag, it felt UNBEARABLE. Added to the fact the timezone was 16 hours ahead of Pacific Coast time here in California, it took us four days NOT to get up at 3 or 4 in the morning.
Other than that, it was a breeze and we had the time of our lives... and I'm not taking Patrick Swayze. Ey!
Japan was awesome!
My mom and I stayed at three hotels; the first one was the Hotel Gracery in Shinjuku. Not only did it have a large Godzilla head on it looking over the building, but it also had a cinema on the third floor. It was also owned by Toho! How crazy is that?! Forgot what the other two hotels were called, but they were just as cozy.
In Tokyo, we took a few tours to a shrine and temple and we also went to Tokyo DisneySea; it's kinda like California's Great Adventure since it's a different park than the main one, but we still went on some good rides.
In Kyoto, we went on a tour to Mount Fuji, I even had grape flavor ice cream. Sure, there was another shrine... and it is NOT for anyone who's out of shape since it's a climb on foot.
In Osaka, we went to Dotonbori and had a good dinner.
We got a lot of souvenirs.... most of which are Japanese Kit Kats to hand out, but I digress. We still got a lot of keychains though.
Never thought I'd enjoy convenience store food till we stopped by the 7-11s there; plus Family Mart and Lawson had no shortage of good eats, but it's the 7-11 smoothies my mom really enjoyed.
My one hang up though... was that it was so, damn hot! Sure, September is hot for a lot of countries, but it was said that's the hottest it got there ever! That, and it was humid! Added with my jet lag, it felt UNBEARABLE. Added to the fact the timezone was 16 hours ahead of Pacific Coast time here in California, it took us four days NOT to get up at 3 or 4 in the morning.
Other than that, it was a breeze and we had the time of our lives... and I'm not taking Patrick Swayze. Ey!
