Things I would like to see in Japan

August 22, 2008 by Jeff · Leave a Comment

We leave for Japan in approximately one month. One of the fun things I like to do before going anywhere is make a list of things that I'd like to see. We've been doing a lot of reading from the books from the library and wikitravel and have gathered a starting list of things to see in Japan.

Your list may be completely different as we all have different tastes and enjoyments but here is my list.

Mt. Fuji - Growing up we had a picture of Mt. Fuji on our wall. I always thought it was a cool looking mountain and it was also the name of a WWF's manager (Mr. Fuji). Weird how these things stick in your head growing up. Mt. Fuji Picture from (Travel in Japan)

Bullet Train (Shinkansen) - We're going to take the bullet train from the South of Japan (not exactly sure where yet) to Tokyo before we leave. The train travels up to 300 Km/hr. I'll be sure to keep my hands inside the vehicle at all times!

Car Ferris Wheel / Parking garage - The Japanese's parking garage is a car ferris wheel. I don't know the exact details but it sounds pretty neat. Optimizing space by reducing the size of your parking garage!

Hiroshima - This is for obvious reasons and will be quite moving.

Sushi Restaurants - We love sushi. It'll be great to go to the source where sushi originated. Plus, I already know most of the words so at least I can order in a restaurant! Did I mention we LOVE Sushi?

Tokyo - I've heard amazing things about the city from the Shinjuku and Shibuya districts to the other outlining ones like Chiyoda. Seeing the dense population and crowded streets to more touristy type things like the Imperial Palace. Should be neat visiting a city with almost half the amount of people as Canada! I think we'll be spending at least 2-3 days here at the end of our trip.

A couple other strange things I'd like to see for no particular reason are the Food Vending Machines and 100 yen stores (the Japanese equivalent of a dollar store). This doesn't include the obvious temples, gardens and budda's that we'll undoubtedly see.

When we get back I'm going to dedicate a post to each one of these topics as they are things that I think are super interesting. So, am I missing anything? Would you want to see something different?