Japan - Green Tea, Multi-Function Toilets and Ryokan (where you pay big bucks to sleep on the floor, and enjoy every minute of it.)

Asia » Japan
May 1st 2005

Published: March 13th 2006

We spent 11 days in the magical world of Japan, enjoying everything this wonderful little country had to offer. At the end of our trip, we felt rejuvenated by the baths, green tea, food and hospitality of Japanese. We were in awe of the beautiful cherry blossoms and the meticulously maintained beautiful gardens that lined the streets. We were enlightened by the temples and the peacefulness of... Read Full Entry

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Over the past 15 years , my addiction to seeing, smelling, tasting the world has grown. This yearning has brought me to India, Malaysia, Ireland, Greece, Italy, UK, Czech, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Germany, Switzerland, Morocco, etc. The world is large and offers so much. World travel awakens my soul. One can easily become complacent in life and see only the smallest part of the world, that is right in front of us. I love taking pictures of monkeys, cows, people and cats. I will always remember the black face monkeys and white face from Jaipur, the beautiful Proboscis Monkeys in... full info

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Cherry Blossom

Nijo Castle

Beautful Garden in Nijo Castle

Kyoto

Japanese Display Food

Japan has the largest number of Plastic Food in the world. It makes it easy for you to order. Just point to the dish in the window and you get a dish, exactly how it looks (minus the floating fork!)

This ad greeted us as we stepped out of the train.

The punk rap guy on the left is the FUNNIEST

Cop Cartoon

This Cartoon Cop was in front of the Police station. Would you be threatened by a Police Station that had this in front of it?

It REALLy was in front of station

Vending Machine Craze (You can buy beer in the street)

Japan has the largest number of vending machines in the world! This one sold beer

Going home... (and taking a bit of Japan with us)

This is a small sample of the stuff we bought in Japan (Green Tea, of course, soba noodle, sea veggie, Japanese seasonings, tea mugs, sushi maker, etc.) We must have bought at least 25 types of Green tea, ranging from the high-end Gyukoro tea to the powdered Matcha, to Sencha, to plain Bancha! We even dared to buy some wheat tea and Kombu tea.

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