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  • Tsukiji Tamasushi

    Restaurants Park, 13th Floor, Takashimaya Times Square 5-24-2 Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan 03-5361-1866 http://r.gnavi.co.jp/g203823/ Japan is the land of sushi and you'll find a sushi restaurant at almost every corner. Af…

  • Cafe Ginza Miyukikan

    6-5-17 Ginza, Japan 03-3574-7562After hours of walking shops and touristy places, our legs were tired and feet sore. There are no benches along the streets or malls so everyone keeps walking. Now I can see why Japanese…

  • Restaurant STAR

    京都府京都市中京区新京極通り四条上ル スタービル2F・3F (Teramachi street) Kyoto, Japan 075-221-2555 http://www.star-kyoto.co.jpWhile in Kyoto we stayed at a Japanese styled hotel called the Watazen Ryokan (http://www.watazen.com). It was very c…

  • Circle-K

    Kyoto, Japan http://www.circlek.comWhen you're travelling and want to see as much as you can then you'll have to wake up early. But you catch a snag. Not many restaurants and shops are open so early in the morning to s…

  • Ramen X one

    Hep Five 5-15 Kakuda-cho, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan http://www.livehep.com/about/index2.aspOsaka is Japan's second largest city with about 19 million people. We didn't get a chance to see much of the city since we were stay…

  • Osaka Castle

    Osaka, JapanStanding in the distance is Japan's most famous castle, Osaka Castle. There's a moat surrounding the castle. If you've been to London, you might have heard about the Tower of London's moat having bad water…

  • Kyoto

    Kyoto, JapanIt gets dark quickly in Japan. I think they need to revisit their time zone and adjust it 2 hours faster. But with nightfall we visited a temple nearby to see a lot of lanterns: Our stomachs were grumbling…

  • Otowasan Kiyomizudera Temple

    Kyoto, JapanWith its numerous temples, shrines, palaces, gardens and traditional architecture, Kyoto is the cultural centre of Japan. Spend a couple hours here and you'll feel like you were transported back to the mid 1…

  • Kyoto Station

    Kyoto, Japan http://www.kyoto-station-building.co.jpAfter two days in Tokyo, we we're off on a 3 hour ride to Kyoto in one of the new Japanese bullet trains. The one below is a 700 series bullet train: Inside the train…

  • MOS Burger

    http://www.mos.co.jp/index.html For more readable information: WikipediaWhile in Tokyo, we stayed by the Ikebukuro station at House Ikebukuro. On the morning of our train ride to Kyoto, we stayed close to our hotel for…

  • Sushi Dai

    Tsukiji Fish Market No. 8, 5-2-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku Tsukiji, Japan 81-3/3541-3860The fish market in Tsukiji is very busy in the morning with the bustle of small carts moving crates of seafood around and people selling thei…

  • Ramen Japan Mutekiya

    東京都豊島区南池袋1-17-1 Tokyo, Japan 03-3982-7656 http://www.mutekiya.comIf you've been following the Japanese manga/anime series called Naruto then you should have heard of a popular Japanese dish called ramen. On our first da…

  • Air Canada International to Japan - Economy Class Cabin

    Flight: AC0001 from Toronto, Canada (YYZ) to Narita, Japan (NAR) Plane: Airbus A340 Carrier: Air Canada http://www.aircanada.comWith all the flying I've been doing for work, I've finally been able to use my Aeroplan poin…

  • Air Canada International Maple Leaf Lounge

    International, Terminal 1, level 3, Node F Toronto Pearson International Airport 3111 Convair Drive Toronto, Ontario L5P 1B2 http://www.aircanada.com/en/travelinfo/airport/maplelounges/index.htmlTo provide a compelling r…

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