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Japan 2023

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Narita International Airport

Sep 02 2023

Plane from Montreal to Tokyo!

Business class was nice

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Glitch coffee

Sep 03 2023

Met up with Amber for coffee at Glitch in Ginza

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Ginza Six

Sep 03 2023

Enjoyed brunch with Amber, we sampled many dishes from a specialty matcha restaurant.

Then we visited a few artisan shops in the mall

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Asakusa

Sep 03 2023

After dinner at a local izakaya, we took a night stroll around Asakusa

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Roppongi

Sep 04 2023

This was a rainy day, so I spent as much of it indoors as I could.

Went to Suntory art museum. Photos inside were prohibited, but the exhibition was about insects and plants, + history of their presence in Japanese cultural life. I enjoyed it a lot!

Enjoyed Ramen in the basement of Roppongi Hills

Had a brief snack at Harbs

Roppongi hills architecture

Then I went to the Mori art museum

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Stairway of success

Sep 04 2023

It was raining a lot, but I went to the Stairway of Success and climbed it. Met a cat!

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Tokyo tower

Sep 04 2023

After getting a much needed haircut, I went to the top of Tokyo tower

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Tokyo station

Sep 06 2023

Sent my luggage forward to Kanazawa (I’ll meet it again on Sept 9!) and got on a train to

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Enza café

Sep 06 2023

Had lunch at Enza cafe

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Yamanouchi, forest

Sep 06 2023

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Snow Monkey Park (Jigokudani Yaen Koen)

Sep 06 2023

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Kurobe Dam Station, Ashikuraji, Tateyama, Nakaniikawa District, Toyama 930-1406, Japan

Sep 07 2023

Kurobe dam.

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Tateyama Ropeway

Sep 07 2023

Tateyama ropeway

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Murodo

Sep 07 2023

Exploring Murodo-daira

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Mikurigaike onsen

Sep 07 2023

Lunch & bath at Mikurigaike onsen, Japan’s highest elevation natural onsen

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Jigokudani

Sep 07 2023

Jigokudani (hell valley). Caldera with lots of volcanic gas! Intense smell of sulphur.

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Tamadono Iwaya

Sep 07 2023

Tamadono Iwaya (sacred cavern)

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Murodo-Tengudaira hike

Sep 07 2023

Hike from Murodo to Tengudaira

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Tengudaira

Sep 07 2023

Arrival at Tengudaira lodge!

View from my window

My room; very cozy!

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Tengudaira

Sep 07 2023

Dinner with Kagawa-san & sunset.

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HJF5+48 Tateyama, Toyama, Japan

Sep 08 2023

Climbed Mt Oyama!

Foggy!

At the top!

This is what the “in the clouds” part looks like

With Kagawa-san, my guide

It wasn’t even raining, this is water from being in the cloud!

It was too hot with my shell coat below the clouds, so I took it off temporarily

Shrine on the way

INSANE winds

Summit picture

On the way up, before entering the clouds…

Enjoyed bento at a lodge halfway down

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Tengudaira

Sep 08 2023

Dinner at Tengudaira lodge

Yum!

Warm sake, only 6$ for the entire bottle. Delicious!

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Tengudaira Lodge

Sep 08 2023

Enjoyed breakfast at Tengudaira before hopping on the Highland bus towards Bijodaira

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Bijodaira

Sep 09 2023

Bijosugi, a very old cedar with 10m circumference

The cable car from Bijodaira to Tateyama city

Shomyo waterfall in the distance; Japan’s tallest waterfall at 350m

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Train to Toyama

Sep 09 2023

Took a very scenic train from Tateyama station to Toyama.

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Toyama station

Sep 09 2023

Vending machine coffee in Toyama while I wait for my Shinkansen to Kanazawa

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Higashi Chaya

Sep 09 2023

I started my visit to Kanazawa with one of its three tea house districts, Higashi Chaya. Traditionally, these tea houses were run by geisha, so they feature prominently. Kanazawa is actually famous for the skill of its geishas.

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Hakuichi

Sep 09 2023

Gold leaf is a signature art form of Kanazawa. But before becoming an artist, I enjoyed gold leaf as a gourmet at Hakuichi. They put gold leaf on top of soft serve ice cream.

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Kinpakuya Sakuda

Sep 09 2023

Then I continued on to Kinpakuya Sakuda to participate in a gold leaf art workshop.

But of course, real art looks a bit different :P

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Fukushima Sangenten

Sep 09 2023

I visited a shamisen shop, Fukushima Sangenten. They let you try the shamisen! I was able to learn the short song “Sakura Sakura”.

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Utatsuyama

Sep 09 2023

I went on a side-adventure to the temple district, Utatsuyama. It’s a very forested area, with several temples and shrines on a hill that overlooks the city.