Mount Fuji (Image courtesy of visit Japan)
Traveljunkieindonesia.com – Japan is rock! Traveling in Japan, whether for business or leisure, is always a pleasure and it’s hard to do even the simplest of tasks or trips without being charmed in some way. Over the course of putting our guide together, TJI kept track of the details and idiosyncracies that make Japan so special.
TJI confident you’ll come across a million of your own but here are 50 things to spot, sample and savour along the way.
01. The ladies in pink who keep the Shinkansen sparkly
02. The foodhall at Isetan
03. An afternoon of clothes shopping at Andy House in Kyoto
04. Cafe hopping in Kamakura
05. Wine tips from Gaku at Maru
06. Baumkuchen – the Japanese bake it better than the Germans
07. The wonder of how Japanese domestic flights can board so quickly
08. Late evening Singapore Slings at the Murata in Yufuin, Kyushu
09. The serenity of the Nezu Museum
10. A lazy Saturday wandering around Kagoshima
11. Bagna cauda at Gochizen
12. Incense from Lisn in Kyoto
13. An afternoon that turns into evening shopping and dining at Truck in Osaka
14. Cheese toasties and coffee at Doutor
15. The feeling of warm tatami mats under foot in Hokkaido
16. Haircuts at Abbey 2 with Nakamura-san
17. The high-storey view across Tokyo to Mount Fuji to watch the sunset
18. The food retail at Japanese airports and rail stations
19. Dinner in a cosy booth at the Park Hyatt’s New York Grill – it never tires
20. Lunch and homewares shopping at Graf in Osaka
21. An evening of book and music shopping at Tsutaya
22. Rush hour at Shibuya station
23. Music shopping at Bonjour Records in Daikanyama
24. Beer tasting at Hokkaido Brewery
25. A six-hour shopping marathon at Tokyu Hands
26. Elegant 80-year-olds who dress like 28-year-olds and pull it off with dignity
27. Dogs in prams, yoga classes and blowdry salons
28. The Shibuya pedestrian crossing in the very late/early hours of Saturday
29. The wonderfully tasty yuzu
30. A spiritual walk through the forests to the hilltop shrines above Kyoto
31. The best “foam art’ in your flat white at Manly Coffee in Fukuoka
32. A hearty bowl of ramen down by the harbour in Kagoshima
33. Stroll through Gion at dusk
34. A bagful of Danish hearts from Andersen
35. Mattress toast at Ace Cafe in Kyoto for breakfast
36. Textile shopping at Good Weaver
37. Endless refills of hot shochu, filled-to-the-brim at Gonbei in Kagoshima
38. Post-flight foot bath at the onsen outside Kagoshima airport
39. An end-of-day shave at Sky Barbers in Marunouchi
40. A soul-searching stroll on the deserted off-season beaches in Okinawa
41. A day with man-about-town Takashi Shimizu in Kagoshima
42. A trolley dash in Muji World
43. Breezy seaside walk in Kamakura before a backstreet tonkatsu curry
44. Stocking up on kitchen essentials at Hakusan
45. A quiet cycle through the backstreets of Nakameguro
46. Seafood feasts at the Makishi Kosetsu food market in Naha
47. Toto toilets everywhere
48. Karaoke marathons in Ni-chome
49. The best-behaved babies and toddlers in the world
50. Nostalgia with drama tv original soundtrack(Ordinary People, Tokyo Love Story, Love Generation, First Love, Beach, and many more) everywhere
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