Hi Lyle by creo (2.00 / 0) #4 Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 08:49:12 PM EST
The fam (and I) are heading over to Japan for 10 days or so in April. CU1 is learning Japanese and we are over there with her school trip. This will be her (and her Mums) second time and my first (except for 2 days in Tokyo last year). At the moment we will be in the Tokyo and Osaka regions for most of the time.

Anyway, we have 3 days at the end of the trip unaccounted for. I was wondering if you had any recommendations (or links etc.) for a place/places to visit in that time? We are happy to travel, and to go off the beaten track, as at least CU1 can get us by with the Japanese.

Also interesting to hear about the hayfever, as U2 suffers from that, and i will make sure he has his tablets when we make the trip.

If you have a chance, any advice/guidance would be appreciated.

Cheers
Creo.

"I shall do what I believe to be right and honourable" - Guderian


Posibilities... by lylehsaxon (2.00 / 0) #7 Fri Mar 28, 2008 at 10:18:56 AM EST
There are a lot of possibilities!  If you're in Osaka and have extra time from there, Kyoto could  be a good bet.  Just be forewarned that a lot of Kyoto is standard modern city, but still there are a lot of cultural things to see there.

Which brings up another question... what sort of things do you want to see?  The new modern stuff, of the old traditional things?

If the modern parts of Kyoto are hard to ignore, you might like Takayama.  It's much less significant than Kyoto historically, but is better preserved - as a whole - than Kyoto is (Takayama is a small town).

If you'd like to fly about to several places, look into getting a Japan Rail Pass (you have to buy them outside of Japan - you can't buy them within the country), which would enable riding the Shinkansen (bullet) trains wherever.

If you're into modern city stuff, there's plenty to see in Tokyo, etc.

If you'd like to contact me, just send a note to lylehsaxon at gmail dot com.

Lyle

The shortest way home is the longest way 'round....
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