Trip in Japan

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Trip to Japan! ( Tokyo and Yokohama )

Day 1 : Travel day

-          OKC to Tokyo (15h 25 min)

-          Depart OKC 2.35 PM

-          Arrive Tokyo 8.20 PM

-          Stay at Cerulean Tower Tokyo Hotel.

Day 2 Visit Tokyo

-          Visit Meiji Shrine

Meiji Shrine (Meiji Jingū), located in Shibuya, Tokyo, is the Shinto shrine that is dedicated to the deified spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress Shōken. Meiji Shrine is Japan's busiest shrine. There always seems to be a holiday, event, festival, wedding or ritual happening here. It's a great place to see life in Tokyo.

       -     Tokyo Imperial

Palace sits at the former site of Edo Castle — one of the greatest Engineering feats in history. Two large parks are open to the public on the grounds of the palace: Imperial Palace East Gardens and Imperial Palace Gaien (Kokyo Gaien).

-          Yusukuni Shrine

Yasukuni Shrine (Yasukuni Jinja) is a Shinto shrine in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It was founded by Emperor Meiji and commemorates anyone who had died in service of the Empire of Japan, which existed from the Meiji Restoration of 1868 until the nation was renamed during the Allied occupation in 1947. The shrine's purpose has been expanded over the years to include those who died in the wars involving Japan spanning from the entire Meiji and Taishō period, and lesser part of the Shōwa period.

-          Harajuku Take a-Dori

Take a Street (Take a-dōri) is a pedestrian-only street lined with fashion boutiques, cafes and restaurants in Harajuku inTokyo, Japan. Stores on Take a Street include major chains such as The Body Shop, McDonald's and 7-Eleven, but most of the businesses are small independent shops that carry an array of styles. The shops on this street are often a bellwether for broader fads, and some are known as "antenna shops," which manufacturers seed with prototypes for test-marketing.

-          Go back to Cerulean Tower Tokyo Hotel. And finish day 2.

Day 3 Around Tokyo

-          Tokyo Tower

 Tokyo Tower ( Tōkyō tawā) is a communications and observation tower located in the Shiba-koen district of Minato,Tokyo, Japan. At 333 metres (1,093 ft), it is the second-tallest structure in Japan. The structure is an Eiffel Tower-inspired lattice tower that is painted white and international orange to comply with air safety regulations. And Tokyo Tower is a landmark in Tokyo.

-          Showa kinen koen Memorial Park

Showa Commemorative National Government Park  Kokuei Shōwa Kinen Kōen) is a national government park in Akishima and Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan. Formerly a Japanese military airbase and in the postwar era operated by the US military, Tachikawa Airfield was returned to the Japanese government in 1977. Part of the airfield remains as a Japan Ground Self Defense Force base, and part of the airfield was used to establish Showa Commemorative Park in 1983 as part of a project to commemorate the emperor's Golden Jubilee. There is a small museum dedicated to the Showa emperor.

-          See the Kabuki.

Kabuki is a traditional Japanese drama that includes elements of dance and comedy. Men play all the female roles in a Kabuki play and Kabuki is known for its elaborate makeup.

-        Electronics shopping in  “Akihabara”

Akihabara is otaku paradise. It's the best place in Tokyo to find electronics, anime and manga. It's possible to find obscure items in Akihabara such as robot parts. It is absolute that Akihabara is the largest town collecting all kinds of electronic appliances and devices in the world. The products at the very top of technology are always abundantly available here.

-       Tokyo river cruise

There are various dinner cruises available of Sumida river and Tokyo Bay.

-          Stay at Cerulean Tower Tokyo Hotel. And finish Day 3.
 

Day 4 Yokohama   

-          Arrive from Tokyo to Yokohama ( 46 min)

-          Big Wharf ( Osanbashi Pier )

The pier was originally built in 1894, but was reconstructed in 2002 as a passenger terminal. Its bold new design incorporates grass and floor boards that mimic rolling waves. The pier is one of Yokohama's best spots for a walk, and for unobstructed views of the Minato Mirai skyline. Below the walking area there are boarding facilities, shops, restaurants and a hall for small exhibitions and events.

-          Yokohama Chinatown

Yokohama Chinatown is the largest Chinatown not only in Japan but also in Asia (larger than Chinatowns in both Kobe and Nagasaki) and it is one of the largest in the world[citation needed]. There are roughly 250 Chinese-owned/themed shops and restaurants scattered throughout the district, with the highest concentration centered on a 300 square metre area.

-          Yokohama Cosmo World

The main feature of this amusement park is one of the biggest Ferris wheels in the world, having a height of 112.5 meters and capacity of 480 passengers. Other attractions include a roller coaster and a rapid rafting ride. Operating hours of the Ferris wheel may vary depending on how crowded it is. *Please check the operating calendar for operating hours. Operating hours may vary due to weather conditions, especially when there is strong wind.

-          Shin-Yokohama Raumen Museum

The museum is devoted to the Japanese ramen noodle soup and features a large recreation of Tokyo in the year 1958, the year instant noodles were invented.

-          Stay at Yokohama Sakuragicho washing Hotel. And finish Day 4

Day 5 Travel more Yokohama

-          Soji-ji Temple  

Giving it the name Morooka-dera circa 740, Gyōki (668-749) founded the temple as a Shingon Buddhist temple in Noto, a peninsula on Honshu, Japan's largest island. At that time, the temple was a small chapel within the precincts of a larger Shinto shrine called Morooka Hiko Jinja. By 1296, the temple had grown enough to support a full-time priest and a master ajari named Jōken was assigned there.

-          Yokohama science center

The museum is called Hamagin Space Science Center (Hamagin Kodomo Uchū Kagakukan) under the sponsorship of the Bank of Yokohama.

-          Taya caves

Taya cavern is an extensive cave carved into a hillside on the outskirts of Kamakura by Shingon Buddhist monks from 1192 until 1720.  It is located on the grounds of the Jousenji temple, and as it is rather off the beaten path, you won’t see many tourists at this fascinating historic site. 

-          Isezaki mall

Isezaki Mall is a special designation given to the 1-chōme and 2-chōme portions only, which is a car-free zone. The largest shops and businesses are in the Isezaki Mall area in the northeast end, closer to Kannai Station.

-          Gumyoji Shopping Street

Gumyōji is a neighborhood located in Minami-ku in the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. In reference to the Keikyu Line) Within Gumyōji is the temple, Gumyō-ji, from which it gets its name. Also located within Gumyōji are the Ōoka Harappa park, Minami Library, Miurayu Onsen, the Kannon Dōri Shopping Street, Minami Police Station, the Open University of Japan, and the Uny store.

-          Stay at Yokohama Sakuragicho washing Hotel. And finish Day 5

Day 6 Go black to OKC

-          Leave Yokohama 5.00 AM .

-          Arrive OKC 12.00 PM.

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Japan budget

- Airfare (for 1)

OKC to Narita Airport                                 $1,271

-Other Types of transportation

 Train from Tokyo to Yokohama                       $4.34

- Lodging (Hotel)

2 Night in Tokyo ( Cerulean Tower Tokyo Hotel) $ 592

2 Night in Yokohama ( Yokohama Sakuragicho Washington Hotel)                                               $ 128

- Miscellaneous Expenses

Edo castle                                                           $ 5.01

Tokyo Tower                                                       $ 7.51

Showa Kinen koen Park                                     $ 3.42

Kabuki Ticket                                                      $ 208

Tokyo river cruise ticket                                      $ 47

Yokohama Remen Museum                               $ 2.50

Yokohama Science center                                  $ 3.34

Total :                                                             $2269.12

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story about Japan

A : Japan (Japanese: 日本 Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 About this sound Nippon-koku or Nihon-koku, "State of Japan") is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. The Kanji that make up Japan's name mean "sun origin", and Japan is often called "Land of the Rising Sun".

A Paleolithic culture around 30,000 BC constitutes the first known habitation of the Japanese archipelago. This was followed from around 14,000 BC (the start of the Jōmon period) by a Mesolithic to Neolithic semi-sedentary hunter-gatherer culture, characterized by pit dwelling and rudimentary agriculture. Decorated clay vessels from this period are some of the oldest surviving examples of pottery in the world. Around 300 BC, the Yayoi people began to enter the Japanese islands, intermingling with the Jōmon. The Yayoi period, starting around 500 BC, saw the introduction of practices like wet-rice farming.

B : The Japanese government, a constitutional monarchy, is based on a parliamentary cabinet system. Executive power is vested in the cabinet, which consists of the prime minister and not more than 17 ministers of state that collectively are responsible to the Diet. The prime minister, who must be a member of the Diet, is designated by the Diet. In practice, the prime minister is always a member of the House of Representatives. The prime minister has the power to appoint and dismiss the ministers of state, all of whom must be civilians and a majority of whom must be members of the Diet. Japan's constitution became effective on May 3, 1947.

C : More than 99 percent of the population speaks Japanese as their first language.Japanese is an agglutinative language distinguished by a system of honorifics reflecting the hierarchical nature of Japanese society, with verb forms and particular vocabulary indicating the relative status of speaker and listener.

D : Japan enjoys full religious freedom based on Article 20 of its Constitution. Upper estimates suggest that 84–96 percent of the Japanese population subscribe to Buddhism or Shinto, including a large number of followers of a syncretism of both religions.

E :

1. Women are legally obliged to wear bra’s in buildings with air conditioning because men get too aroused looking at their hard nipples.

2. If an older brother wants to marry his younger brother’s girlfriend, the younger brother has to acquiesce.

3. Cooking blowfish for more than 80 seconds is illegal.

4. Several hundred years ago, Japanese people got the death penalty if they tried to leave Japan.

5. Home brewed liquor with more than 1% alcohol is illegal.

6. Birth control pill was illegal until 1999.

7. Child born within 6 months of a divorce is the ex-husband’s child. A woman cannot get remarry until 6 months after her divorce.